[Mom is surprised by this comment, but then it melts into a soft smile.]

No, you're not. You're Bro Strider, and I like Bro Strider just as much. Strider can be a charming man when he wants to be.

[And she does miss the Egbert gentleman, truly she does. But, at the same time...it's been months since she last saw him. He hasn't been spirited to the Pokemon world at all since then. Mom can't wait forever for someone who might not even come. The only thing she can do is move on from it.]

I also have it on good principle that he was a damn adorable teenager, too.