"He's been gentle with the others, I'm sure he will be with you too," came the sheepish reply, complete with a short and sweet hand running through his hair and a light laugh to top it off. Truthfully, Opal had been getting a lot better since they'd first come together, and even though he still did... occasionally throw Johan off of his back, Johan still trusted him just as much as any of his other Pokemon during battle or with the others. He was just an eensy, weensie bit more wary when on him, that was all - who knew, maybe having Kay there would eliminate the problem altogether?

He blinked at the sudden breeze, as well as the sigh it had given Kay, and without thought or warning, he reached out to move the hair that had gotten in Kay's face out of the way. His hand lingered there for a moment, before he grinned at her, mumbling something along the lines of "Not so easy without a ponytail, huh?", before going back to his sandwich like he hadn't done anything at all.

Of course, Johan had to stare at her as she spoke, saying things that even he couldn't have predicted - for obvious reasons - things that had thrown him, or his version of the events, completely off guard when he'd began to feel them and process that he was feeling them to begin with. He couldn't exactly say or show that now, though, and she knew that anyway, so he simply smiled at her, almost mysteriously, and nodded. "Maybe so."