Of course! He does take pride in his status as a Gym Leader after all.
(Clueless.)
"It could also just be a coincidence. I have been thinking about you lately, as a matter of fact. I was almost worried you used your birds to fly off somewhere, like you took a vacation." A small chuckle escaped his lips.
"As honest as ever, I see. I know you take yourself seriously, but that's no good to do all the time, you know. Even us Gym Leaders deserve to lighten up sometimes, right?" He chuckled once more.
"How about this, I can take you to a performance at the Ecruteak Theater sometime.+
//Every now and then I feel like I have to hold Morty back from being, what I perceive, too flirty.
will and morty "doodle" that i got very carried away with #pokemon #art