If I go down, I'm dragging you with me. [It sounds like a joke, but then he adds.] The laws of gravity are not to be fucked with lightly.

[So still a bit of a joke. Just more of a worry joke than a pretend to be a super villain/cliche one. But he does grab on to the hand, after a moment's thought.]

Everybody out of the splash zone? [He looks around at the assembled Poké crew, and figures that's close enough.] Alright, here we go.

[Soda Pop: deployed.]