[ He watches, maybe a little too excitedly, as Conrad puffs up into the air. It's not the first time he's seen it, but in this kind of context, it's way more cool—or, it was, until he starts to lose his fight to the wind. When Shoka readies her tail-stick, he finally steps forward. ]

—wait, hold on. [ Laios is not outright discounting that idea, but first: ] Conrad! Do you see anything up there? Is… is he even listening? [ Of all the starts to a quest, this was certainly one of them. He looks between the two Mimikyus. ] Can’t your hands reach pretty far? Maybe just… grab hold of him for a while.

[ It’s a stretch, but to Emmet’s point, having an aerial view at least for a little bit would be useful. ]