"... very much the second, for what it's worth," Steven says, shaking his head. "But yeah. She's okay. She managed to give them the slip long enough to get on a U-bird for the Contest in Olivine and since then we've been playing keepaway with Kiri. A couple days ago, we thought we saw some Spinda out in the crowd, so I flew her down to Azalea Town. I was thinking she should probably stay there a couple more days before sneaking back to Goldenrod... but she heard you were here, so."

He shrugs.

"She cares about you and the rest of the Mighty Nein a lot, you know."