[Rosso sets them down, and immediately Basil is crouching, bending at the knees so he can gently greet them. He's never owned a pet himself, but he has more familiarity with them between Mewo and Max's Cake Hound...so he'll offer them his claws to sniff just as Rosso asks if he can watch them.]

Oh, I...I can. But...

[...]

Did something happen? If you need someplace to stay, I can ask Gladion if it's okay if you can stay here too...I don't think he'd mind.