[Well, one Osakan didn't have any powers to get back. He's got a limp, an arm in a sling through and is still looking a bit green around the gills from adventures in getting trashed by poison-types...on the train ... to Kanto ... which's why it makes no sense that he's back in CIANWOOD now... goddamnit. He WAS just gimping along in his confusion, having ditched the various Mom-mon, and then he got near the beach.]

[And no, Bas is not with him. At least, not out of his pokéball.]

[Yeah, he'd known you HAD powers and all, academically, but - ...well, this is a bit different. He's gotten used to the -Pokémon- breaking normal rules of reality, but people is still something that'd been an academic hypothetical.]

Well - Damn.

[ OH SH-- Hi, Heiji. Startled Katara is startled. Startled Katara is also surprised. Startled Katara looks sheepish, too. ]

Heiji? I didn't know you'd already made it to Cianwood! [ Eyes widen because holy crap you have seen better days haven't you? Water is immediately forgotten, and she'll just rush over to have a better look without TOUCHING because you might break if she touches you right now laksjdfls ] What happened?!

That's th'thing ... last I'd known, I'd made it t'Saffron. Y'hear about th'attack on th'train? [He lifts the sling-laden arm and winces.]

That's what happened. [She probably doesn't need to be that worried; this is the guy who got hit by a van and flailed at his partner that he was fine to go make sure that thief didn't get away! ...yeah. He's brilliant. ]