[Yeah, the pause is completely understandable, and Ochako half expected it, really. Still, she wanted to let this kid know, because it's important he learns about this world right away, considering he seems, ah...not all that put together. Ochako's leaning a bit on some of her Hero training - learning how to be calm and informative, and not risk a blowout with a scared civilian, or provoke a desperate villain.]

All the people that arrive here and who are given a device like yours. It's called a Poke-Gear, but most people just call it a Gear. And, mmh...if I remember right, people start in Newbark Town, in the Johto region, but taking a ferry from the docks there will let you go to Kanto, the neighboring region past the mountains.