[He smiles as he closes the flap on his bag and hangs it over his shoulder.]

I hope so! It has the same sort of feel to it that the rest of the town has...it makes it easy to forget you're someplace else, sometimes.

["Someplace else" meaning Johto. He does miss Japan an awful lot sometimes, especially since his last memories of home...weren't.

As he walks back over to where Komasan is standing, his expression turns just a little bit shy- or hesitant, perhaps- as he glances down at his hands gripping his bag's strap.]

And, um...thank you for offering to do this with me, Komasan-chan. It's very nice of you.