No, sorry. To, ah, both of those questions. Yes to the middle one. I don't know about people, though... I'm sure people have asked.

[archie shrugs, patting mightyena on its head as it comes back to him with a weirdly shaped stick he'd found! amazing! incredible! he doesn't offer it to archie, just shows it then bolts off to play with arcanine again.]

It would be nice if it was that easy. Maybe there's info about how to meet Aiada in the Welcome Centre...? Peromei's hangout was there.