"Judging by the map on this device, it's still a couple of days out. Faster if you can find a Pokémon to ride, but unfortunately I haven't seen anything that size on this route." He says, glancing around as if to see if he might have been wrong about that.

"I'm Dr. Ray Stantz," he adds, holding out a hand to shake, "Just Ray is fine. The little orange entity here is Sparks the Rotom."