"Thank you," Steven mumbles, like that's as loud as he has the strength to get. He reaches out for the vial, but his hands aren't the best at gripping right now, so really all he ends up doing is guiding it close enough to his face to drink. At least his touch doesn't seem to hurt people anymore.

After Steven is finished, Lion rumbles in vague agreement and starts to move along again. Steven's two Pokemon, now much bigger than they were before, trailing along after him, both looking kind of bothered that they can't hitch a ride quite as trivially anymore.

When Feathers gets close, though, Bud decides she's had enough of it and hops up onto Lion's back alongside Steven. Giving Feathers a look that seems to imply she's jealous for Steven's attention, she rests against his back with her sickles in a hug-like position.