[i]"Yes, we're almost ready."[/i] Lytse answered Mitch and then he walked over to Soul, where he gave the same answer to Soul's question. 
He noticed the expression of Mitch and he wondered why the guardian looked like that, but he didn't think long about it because Michael joined them and he hurried over to his big friend. 

It didn't take long before Andy was there too, with a backpack over his shoulder and Varina's keystone under his arm. 
"Mitch, let's go find Frosiien!" he said as he walked through the Pokémon center, blew a kiss to nurse joy as he thanked her for her excellent care and walked outside. 

Michael followed his uncle outside with Lytse right behind him. Once outside he quickly joined Niccia and handed her her bag. "We have to go to the forest, right?"  he said.