[Walter continues to look plain delighted - an expression he hasn't worn often since their descent into Tokyo, and not particularly frequently even before then.]

I couldn't tell you - I simply woke up here one day. I've been in this land all this time, traveling from place to place...Flynn, this is a land of the Unclean Ones - or of the people of Tokyo, though it's not Tokyo, it's "Johto" - [Walter realizes abruptly how animated he's getting and laughs at himself, shaking his head.] Listen to me, going on like this. But...oh, damn you, come along and I'll show you! You'll scarcely believe your eyes!

[He all but leaps to his feet, grabbing Flynn by his upper arm and hauling him up too. They can't make it to Goldenrod in only a day (or so he thinks), but if they go a ways...they should at least be able to see the city at a distance. The city, in all its splendor beneath the sun.]