"Oh! Yeah, I think I know the girl who organized that one?" He'd sort of meant to go, and had made sure his grandparents were aware of it and could put in an appearance of their own.

"So, your friend's a party animal? Jadwiga here gets way freaked out around crowds."

He nods towards the Gardevoir. It hasn't quite crossed his mind that that might be half because she's a psychic type and there's too many people, and half because she's a psychic type especially attuned to him and he's scared of strangers.