Thank you for being gentle, Max.

"I guess he missed you too," Brock says, laughing a little nervously. It's hard not to be at least the slightest bit nervous around a guy who can effortlessly pick up your thirty-foot rock snake and give it a hug.

Omastar seems content enough to continue hugging Max's mighty pectors, so Brock makes an attempt to move the conversation forward. "So, uh. How are you? How have you been?"