"Hee~ I don't know what it is, but I think it likes you," he says with a big smile.

In fact, there are a lot of creatures around the room, aren't there. Or at least, a lot for a child who's used to just having his parents around. Maybe a guest or two, but rarely.

He almost reaches out to pet the creature nuzzling his new companion, but the pink thing gets up before he can do that and stands in front of him, seemingly sizing him up.

(Well, he doesn't know what an Absol is, so he's probably not possessed by another ghost from Johto, in any case. If it's that he's forgotten, that's bad too, but...)

So he reaches out toward the pink thing instead, seeing if it'll accept being petted on the head. "Oh hi! Is this your home?"

(...She won't say no to that.)