[ffff oops I thought I did type "his", way to go self OTL]

Right, I see. [After a slight pause of thought--] Judging from what I can tell so far, Soren already likes and has begun to develop an amount of trust in you. You must be taking care of him well--what do the two of you like to do together? [Because he has no idea if anyone has been teaching Ikki about Pokemon battles already, or if they thought she was too young/not interested in that.]