Yeah, that would be nice... [With a little chuckle. He doubts it, but he doesn't express that. If anything, he bets Hoenn is less civilized than Johto. It certainly feels like a frontier to him. Not even rural, it feel wild in many of the places they've been. Like it's a place where humans don't belong, but they've tried to carve out an existence anyway.

As for Taro, he squirms a bit in Masaomi's lap and pulls his tail up to cover his eyes, embarrassed about being called pretty. S-seriously, is he really that... pretty...] And wouldn't he just?! I have to say, with exception perhaps to Lavender [he is Obligated to say this, the skitty is obsessed with her own beauty and gets passive aggressive to a scary extent when it's questioned. In the last few months it's become a Rule to praise her, at least with Masaomi and his pokemon, even including Linda] Taro might be the prettiest of our bunch.