If this whole world was planned so much, you'd think they would have planned roads that did not involve upsetting a violent tree.

[He nods.] We were old friends, though we did not come from the same original world. From my point of view our meeting was seventeen years ago, and I was admittedly quite surprised when I first saw him on the Pokégear, looking completely unchanged. [He's smiling a little fondly, now.]