"That's got to be hard to adjust to - I'm sorry." Genuinely so. Not having a weapon isn't as hard for someone like him to work with. Frankly, he's glad he to be disarmed like that. Har har. But for people like them? Has to be difficult.

"Hah - thank you. I'll have to take her on a gym circuit if I ever do another one." Or try the other gyms outside the Kanto and Johto League. Like Armin's. "Had a lot of competition out there. So thank you."

A blink, and he takes the offered hand. Mando hadn't so much as looked at his right hand twice, so... hopefully that tracks for the rest of his people, too. "Same here. I'll have to remember your strategy."