[He knows exactly what she is talking about, but wow, so many disasters happened since then. Still, she is asking him about how he is doing, and he supposes there is no sense in dredging up old disasters long since dealt with.]

Oh, uh. Well, I'm a gym leader now. I don't-- I can't remember if I had already taken on the Elite Four when you left, but I eventually opened my own gym. It's on the Sevii Islands and it is all about battling underwater. I'm still running the Lapras Breeding project too. That's part of why I opened a gym, so I'd have the resources to continue the project.

Oh, and.

[His cheeks pinken a little as he reflexively reaches up to tuck his hair behind his ear, even though it is now too short to do so.]

I'm engaged? I should've led with that maybe.