[he drops his hand the moment blue starts squirming, shifting back a little to give the kid more room. archie raises his own shoulder in a shrug.]

I have no reason to lie to you.

[...arcues, he hopes blue doesn't remember that with the whole fucking... gym leader thing. why didn't he just say he's just a regular trainer? archie regrets being stupid. he does get up, though, seeing that there's no point prolonging his stay here. best to leave blue and eevee to themselves.]

I'm going downstairs, not to Red. ...Unless he's downstairs. Anyway, dinner's ready and there's some stuff for Eevee as well. Gimme a shout if you need anything, yeah?