It warms his heart to see, if nothing else, that Nora’s really good with the Pokémon. But he helps Pak up himself—guess they’ll be exchanging Pokémon for a while, eh? But Ren is in a much better mood than when they’d started out.

And more importantly, he can’t deny his own Pokémon any battles now. Not when Magnolia over there is even more determined to win Nora’s praise. He can’t even feel jealous about it—after all, loving Nora is a matter of course.

Of course…

“Having them around will make searching for a portal a lot easier,” he remarks, all business once more. “We’ll both have to take some time to train them.” Which means, of course, that their return home might be delayed—albeit for the greater good, right?