[His eyes widened a bit at that mention of the Pokemon. He'd wondered where they had gone, but that Louie would have them, including his original starter??

Hold on, misting up a little again. Inhale, exhale...]

I can't wait to meet them, and get some of the old band back together, too. Of course right now I've only got Snow- [He leaned a little to show the Quaxly, who after the grooming had settled down a bit behind Huey on top of a handkerchief, and was paging through a guidebook] -but will likely pick up a couple more just on the way to meet up with you.