[From what Kayneth had observed of Team Magma as he'd fought his way through, his team didn't exactly have an advantage against them; quite the opposite, really. However... even though that was the case, he didn't particularly feel the need to double back to face off against Team Aqua instead, because quite honestly, he didn't feel that either were providing that much of a challenge and he may as well enjoy himself while preventing some sort of catastrophe.

So here he was, flanked by his team of six who only seemed very slightly battered from the trek up and were outfitted with several items he only very slightly shamefully pilfered from the Elite Four's residence along with a shiny stone from the basement that he was keeping on his person in case it turned out to be important. AT... AT LEAST HE INTENDED TO GIVE THEM BACK... HOPEFULLY HE WOULDN'T RUIN THEM

...BUT ANYWAY, he cocks an eyebrow at Maxie, trying to seem very slightly less awed by that huge thing than he actually was. Well, he'd encountered legends before, but they usually weren't quite that absurdly huge... but really, everything had its weaknesses, didn't it?

He would just be as smug and above it all as usual, because that was the El-Melloi way and certainly wasn't a recipe for disaster at all!]

Really, any second-rate hack can summon a being of legend and have a modicum of control over it. It takes genuine talent to be able to actually get anywhere without crashing and burning, and given what I've seen so far, I'd say you're firmly in the ---

[AND THEN HIS AMPHAROS SHOVES HIM ASIDE BECAUSE SHUT UP, BLONDIE, SHE'S FEELING THE MOMENT]

--- Gloria, I swear to ---

[SORRY SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS MEGA EVOLUTION

AH, YES, KAYNETH, YOU ARE SPEECHLESS OVER HER GLORIOUS METAL HAIRDO

GAZE UPON IT

GAZE UPON IT, BOTH OF YOU NERDS, AND FEEL INFERIOR]