[Iwaizumi’s expression flattens at Blue’s mention of a “hidden ace”, and he lets out a snort that sounds somewhere between bitter and amused. While he realizes that the phrase is usually used in relation to some sort of card game, the word “ace” means something a lot different to Iwaizumi. It’s probably not hard to tell that a couple of fresh wounds have just been salted.]

Valuable, yeah. [Don’t I know it, he thinks. But he’d rather focus on their other topic of conversation - these “Pokémon” things.]

I’d say they just sound like animals if you hadn’t mentioned the ghosts and...goo? [He wrinkles his nose a little at that, but remembers around the same time that things like Blobfish exist. Could still just be animals this guy is describing then, but at the same time, Iwaizumi has become well aware as of late that the people in this place - whatever this place is - definitely don’t all come from the same world he’s been plucked from.] You don’t recognize these, though?

[He gestures back toward the race. It’s getting interesting now, and suddenly he’s having a hard time tearing his eyes away again. The two leaders are still going head to head, but the underdog Blue’s cheering for does appear to be gaining on them.]

Come on...[He mutters under his breath.]