[Ah, Rei. The one Gwen mentioned in the briefest passing. And with fondness.]

Indeed I am. And it's an honor to meet you, Miss Hino. She's mentioned you in passing, and I was looking forward to speaking to you at some point.

[He doesn't even seen remotely phased by her outfit or the pokemon in the background. This is the strangeness his life is no composed of.]

Forgive me for presuming, but Hino, that's a Japanese surname, correct. Would you prefer I address you as Hino? I would hate to be too forward just because American forms of address differ from Japanese.