[it's nice to see. archie controls his urge to pet pikachu and is silently pleased the poor guy doesn't look like he needs a revive shoved in his face. even if pikachu seems unsure...]

Oi, oi, Electric Boogaloo. Pretty good, I reckon. How many apocalypses can we say we've lived through, now? Seems to happen every other year back home.

[not that he knows, given the timeline difference, but he's been told.]