[ adrien's noticeably a bit less relaxed as he's been in the past while meeting steven and beldum, but somehow being here is... somewhat helping ease those nerves he's had bubbling in his stomach. especially when beldum chirps like that, and so he offers a small smile. ]

Wow, Beldum. You're getting even better, huh?

[ lift him next time, just like metagross did.

with that, adrien's slipping in quietly, smiling at aron as well before settling on steven. unlike what adrien said, there's... no one with him, or at least no one visible. plagg's hidden in his hair for the moment, instructed only to come out when the explanation starts.

it's a hassle, in the kwami's opinion, but he listens. this entire thing is important to adrien, after all. ]

... Hey, Steven. [ words, words, words. ] ... Thanks again for letting me come over so suddenly. How are you feeling?