Guys, guys! Guess what? My birthday is in two days! I'm going to be fourteen soon! [ he is positively beaming with excitement. ] Actually, I think it's been over a year since my last birthday, 'cause of Johto time being different from back home, but it'll be official on the 25th.
It'd be nice to get together and do something fun, but... I'm in Ecruteak right now, and most of my friends seem to be in other places, so I guess I'll just celebrate with the people I'm traveling with. [ it doesn't seem like he's really whining or anything - he's pretty happy with just that! Though to him, parties are more of a group thing than an individual thing, so he thinks the more people to share in the celebrations with, the better. ] Heh, it'll be really weird to not celebrate with my family, though...
Anyways... I'm pretty excited! Fourteen seems so much older than thirteen, you know? [ ignoring that he looks a lot older than that... ]
