Joseph's eyes widen with excitement, and he grins as he clicks through a few other apps on his PokeGear just to inspect it.

"Teleporters, and solar energy... Technology all seems to move so fast these days. Just within my grandmother's lifetime we went from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles and fighter jets, and I can only imagine how mush things will change within my lifetime- well, I guess I don't have to imagine now. Hmm... I wonder if that means I could power the batteries with Hamon."

He does try. And the Hamon energy just.. doesn't happen. He knows he's breathing right, but the more he tries the more naked he feels. It feels like something integral to him is missing, more sharply than his actual missing limb.

"...Well. That's disappointing." And shocking, and terrifying, but it's important to look cool and composed in front of other people.