That's right -- Isaac Merlo hadn't come to visit him yet. Perhaps he was also suffering somewhere else in Hoenn. So many people suffered that day. He had the Great One to thank that all his inconveniences seemed to be temporary. Long-term, but temporary. He would be back at full strength in due time. And when he was, he would be ferrying soldiers, supplies, and war plans across the battlefield faster than the Magnet Train connecting Johto and Kanto.

Maybe one day, he would get to do so at the speed of a lightning bolt.

"The Tin Tower is in Ecruteak," Josh added, touring the northern, traditional city an easy thing to add to the list. "You are right. The Kimono Girls are something else. We might have to watch them the day we go to the Tin Tower." They could dominate at rhythm games, too; while Ecruteak didn't have a Round One location, the city did have a couple cabinets of older versions of Step Step Revolution. He felt like leaving Andrea out of that would be a good idea, given how their Sinnoh trip went.

"Not really," Josh answered, waving goodbye to the cosplayer. "Thanks so much for coming by. It means a lot. Once I get out of here, we'll have to plan that trip -- preferably before it gets too cold." Once Andrea was gone, Josh turned the television back on.