I'm sure you can ask around. People like getting paid, so I don't think it'll be too hard to figure out who to go to.

[... For a moment, he's not sure if he's heard Jimmy right. The last time someone really offered him a home it was just a trick. He knows that Jimmy's got no reason to trick him, and that it's not likely that there's Yeerks here. Still, it puts him on edge for a moment.]

[And then he just smiles a little sheepishly. Him? In a house? He's not really sure if that would work.]

I... I've just been crashing at the circus when I'm in town, and I don't really have a job outside of the circus... I don't know if I can really...

[... But why not? As long as he can pick up something that's decently-paying and keep up his battling... it's not like it takes him that long to get to anywhere in Johto, so the rest of the gym leaders shouldn't be a problem.]

I mean... um... we can try it, at least?

[To have a home... to have a bed that's his, just his and no one else's... to have someone who's not horrible waiting for him. Maybe he and Jimmy aren't all that close, but... they don't have to be. He's a nice guy, and this whole place has been just one string of new experiences for him after another. He sniffs and rubs at his face with the back of his hand, trying to hide the tears building up.]

I... if you're sure...