[Oh, come now, honey, you're laying it on a little th...oh who is he kidding, he doesn't care.]

Ah, yes, Goldenrod City - I arrived there myself, though I can't say that I was terribly fond of it; the fact that it was being bombed by some madman two days after my arrival really didn't do much to help my impression. I mean, really, if you're going to bomb a city, the least they could have done would be to invite me to come with.

[He seems mildly sulky at that for the briefest of moments - is that pouting? it might be pouting, maybe half a second of pouting - before he immediately seems to brighten up again, offering the most flippant of gestures before moving on.]

But that's their loss! Anyway - tell me about these hideous creatures this place saw fit to bestow upon you, hm?