Gentarou just waved a hand dismissively.

"Ah, that doesn't matter!" he said, and grinned down at Kokuwamon. "So long as the spirit of friendship is there, that's what counts!"

Starmon just gave Gentarou a dead, silent look. He was sincerely doubting this thing even understood that "spirit" in the first place.

"Still, though," the teenager went on, glancing up into the sky. "If he's supposed to be in space, what's he doin' down here?"