The hand was taken, a friendly sort of greeting in a handshake from Clavell's side of it; better to maintain a polite friendliness when it came so naturally to him after all.

"A pleasure, mister Braun," no matter the circumstances. Voice kept that same tone- but there was a faint frown that came, eyes drifting towards the direction he knew that machine was- just there. The bit of concern creeping to the edge of an otherwise calm tone, "I didn't know they could beyond those that may have been on or with a person when being brought here. Most of my team were awaiting me in my assigned apartment in the starter building, after all- and one in the stable area.

"He wasn't very pleased about it, of course, but that was quite some months ago." Gyarados could have a short temper, and it was a stressful situation given the pokémon was so used to either being at his side or elsewhere that was familiar. Not knowing where Clavell was didn't do that stress and favors.

"A colleague and I are investigating that machine, while trying to note what pokémon it vends out," a little gesture of a hand as he spoke. So far there was definitely a pattern. "It's quite mysterious, and worrying for a few different reasons."