Hmmoh. [Blue sinks into his huddle against his knees again, lips in a light frown.]

[He'd been doing plenty of reading too, but it was more directly about the fauna around here. While he was curious, researching the Arehtei and the myths surrounding them had been something he felt, for some reason, reluctant to touch.]

[Figures the guy who'd raised an ancient legendary before would be looking into it again, though. He doesn't say it.]

So what you're telling me is you... For you, it's still 3 years ago. [He gives Archie a sort of strange look, then away again.]

Well, I haven't heard of anything else dumb happening in Hoenn since then, if that makes you feel any better. [Sinnoh, Johto. But not Hoenn.]