Do they?

[ to his credit, he does sound a little surprised at that . . . mostly because the last three years of existence have been devoted to running team rocket out of existence, not focused on the bigger picture. and he supposes it makes sense, that the dragon-type gym still talks him up and eagerly awaits his return.

( he definitely doesn't get that treatment in blackthorn. lance is pretty sure clair just pretends he doesn't exist, which is completely fine by him. it makes visiting home much easier, when he doesn't have a bunch of people following him around asking for training tips. ) ]

I'm flattered. I'll be sure to visit, once I have time to return.

[ he's due for a vacation, but according to blue, he needs to go to alola first. raihan and blue can fight that one out later.

anyway: ]

But I did just wake up here. Unable to access my team. [ hence why he was fiddling with the pokeball in the corner. ] I was at the Indigo Plateau, before I came here . . . or was brought here, that's probably the better word to use.

[ what in the legendary pokemon shit is going on here. ]