Steven grins. They're not the terms he'd use, but one thing he does have a pretty decent grasp on is the history of what he considers to be his people.

"And no," Steven agrees. "He doesn't. And I don't know enough of his history to be sure of why, but I think he doesn't like to mostly because if he admits he needs to learn something, it mean he didn't already know it. And Dirk prides himself on always knowing everything.

"And yeah. I did. It was on the news in the airport once we'd reached Johto again--I'd a hard time keeping a straight face about the Sticky... sorry, Tricky Bandits." He snickers now. "God, were you helping them?"