Susan laughs and shakes his head. "You can't be old enough for that excuse! Even Lauren's teacher got excited about fun stuff and he was way older than you." Not that he knows how old Joker is, but he's not obviously old, so he assumes it's true at least.

At the mention of his friend he turns to scoop up the little Pichu to show off.

"I did make a friend! His name is Zap, and he's really cool."