"I... I am fine. Just a little worried that this kid here doesn't even have a pokemon yet! Don't people normally give those old enough to have their trainers license a starter anymore?" Jason said as he quickly changed the topic off himself. Jason eased the tension out of his body and took note of the daycare and how many pokemon there were in there. So many of them could be a good starter for the kid. "There are a lot of them in there kid. Let's hope you choose a good one. After all, this daycare is filled with pokemon and one of them has to be your soul partner." Jason told Rudy. Jason never really knew what it was like choosing his first pokemon, he just knew that Aron was his perfect friend.

Yet Jason still couldn't shake the feeling that he had let his friends down. He lost to those shadow pokemon too badly for him to even believe that they had forgiven him. Jason just wasn't sure that their bond was deep enough for them to trust him after allowing them such a loss. Although Jason's thoughts had turned dark, he still wore a mask of calmness to hide his pain.