[He gives a fond smile from across the table.]

You're really ambitious with friends. I like it! I'd like to hear about all the friends you make. [So he can make sure they're trustworthy... he feels really relieved that Tobi's apparently not around anymore, because he realizes there's no way he could keep up Shikamaru's charade if he had gone anywhere near Ikki.] And yeah... the animals here are pretty weird like that! But the Pokemon are really special in their own way.