[The Durant moves over to meet Gordon. It's basically impossible to read any sort of expression on the mandibled face, but it almost seems smug. The old man looks to the Durant, then to the nearly bisected boulder, raising an eyebrow in confusion. Luckily for Ryuko, even if his Pokémon do blab, it's not like he'd understand them.]

Better than most. The sling is mostly about making my wife and daughter happy. And since my Pokémon know who's been preparing those lunches, they've largely decided to enforce it.

[He gives a resigned little smile.]

I have an appointment to get it looked at in a few days.

[He smiles.]

We don't all bounce back like enlightened.