There's a small, encouraging smile- C'monnnnn it's not that bad is it?

And...well, it's not perfect, but after all Rush did just spend a few hours being hauled around with his mouth clamped shut. Emporio moves out of the way a bit though, just to help encourage the reconciliation.

"If he's not keen on being in a pokeball at least, he's probably fine walking on his own. As long as you have the ball, he shouldn't get lost- the two are paired after all."

With a bit of panic out of the way though, he is now staring at Joseph. Seriously, that resemblance is uncanny...

"...What's your name, anyway?"

...Ah.

"I'm Emporio," he adds as an afterthought.