At the event, Kjolmar observed the gym leaders presenting themselves. Some of them looked less boring than Leon so that was a relief. He wondered if Kabu really could be related to Hoenn's Flannery. As he noticed Piers, he realized right away this was the brother Marnie had been talking about, there could be no mistake. His eye fell on Opal and he grinned while he poked Aro. "That is really a gym leader? Somehow I think she can be underestimated and she will surprise us." 

Next up he looked at Milo and Nessa. "Oh, there are the Brock and Misty of the region." As he noticed not everyone in his presence understood that reference, Kjolmar shook his head. "Never mind, it was just a joke for Neo." 

Finally, he laid eyes upon Raihan. "Hm, dresses like a child and uses dragons. How disappointing. I'm starting to see why Leon become the champion." 

As he realized he was criticizing too much, he apologized to Lark. "Sorry, you must think I'm a bit of a nag. I tend to share my criticism too often. You know what, I bet some of them will show me that I was wrong." he laughed.

During the event, Tweener had been sitting on Kjolmar's lap the entire time. Tweener had been curious about the gym leaders too but he was not expressing that excitement and preferred a safe distance. Every now and then it peeked at Shutter. It must have been exhausting for Tweener to meet so many new friends in such a short time.

Meanwhile Neo simply observed it all without making too much commotion and every now and then it gave more attention to Luna than to the event itself. Neo could have a lack of interests in these things when someone it likes is around. Because of it's mechanical identity, it never fully learned how to be polite and somehow people don't expect this from Neo.

When the event was finished, Kjolmar asked his travel companions if they were up to go directly to Milo's gym. "He uses grass types so we all might want to avoid using water or ground types. I think both my Pokemon make a decent match against grass types. Well, as for Tweener, he should focus on the right attacks. Luna will have little difficulty because of his experience. And Shutter will be super effective actually! Unless you don't want to battle with Shutter, Lark? Maybe you prefer to focus on your photography?"

Kjolmar eyed Shutter up and down before turning to Lark again. "Is Shutter your only companion at the moment?"