[ Ash thinks about it for a little bit longer before Cilan continues talking. His train of thought simply stops as he answers the questions. ]

Things are goin' okay. [ It's gotten perhaps a little better, but a few things have been how they have been. ] And yeah, yeah of course! Y'know it's a little different making friends here than back home 'cause we all don't have the same thing in common [ Pokemon, of course ] but it's still a lotta fun to make new friends here.

... And how 'bout you, Cilan?