"Yeah," Red answers, and happy to see Dragonite being a pal there. "I'll leave Blastoise and Snorlax out for company."

Pikachu, with the attention taken away from him and noticing that there's plans to get moving, goes over to Red to jump up onto his shoulder just as his trainer finishes saying a few quick words to the three before sending them to their pokéballs.

"By the way professor, what do you know about the city?"