[color=1f66b2]"Wait, now hold on."[/color] Kaylan said. But Andre didn't exactly give him a chance to protest. Kaylan hadn't yet agreed to go on this little trip and as of right now he was still intending to decline. So he couldn't just let someone speak for him! [color=1f66b2]"I never said I would-"[/color] He tried to protest, but Andre had already moved on and was on his way.

Kaylan followed along, for now anyway. He'd have to travel in the same direction as far as Santalune City anyway, so there was no harm in sticking around for the time being. Besides, he still needed an opportunity to formally turn down the invitation and the only way to do that was to not go anywhere and stay with the group. But this did get him thinking. And while the others might be more concerned with catching up, Kaylan had a thought of his own about all this.

[color=1f66b2]"So why now, all of a sudden?"[/color] Kaylan asked out of the blue, [color=1f66b2]"I wanted to do this years ago and ended up going it alone in the end because none of you wanted to come with me. So why the sudden interest in the Pokemon League?"[/color] He asked in an almost demanding tone. He didn't mean to sound demanding, but he was genuinely curious about this and wanted to get it out there now otherwise he was afraid he wouldn't be able to get a word in edgewise once all the chatting started.

He might have also sounded a bit bitter too, which was also unintentional. Out of all of them, he was the only one who actually did try to become a professional Pokemon Trainer. And of course he still remembered the sting of what happened to him in the end. And that probably bled into his current tone and mannerisms, even if he was desperately trying to keep that buried. But still, it just seemed strange to him that all of them suddenly wanted to go on a journey and become trainers despite showing no interest in doing so back when he originally wanted to do this.

[color=1f66b2]"Besides,"[/color] he finally said with some marginal reluctance in his voice, [color=1f66b2]"I challenged the League already, what makes you think I wanna do it again."[/color]