* Three intruders sneak in at first: a charizard, a tyranitar and a sceptile, who make animalistic noises instead of speaking. They attempt to distract the Wayfarers and steal Celebi's relic.
* When the group manages to get the relic away from Sceptile, a mysterious grovyle appears alongside the intruders—Ralsen, the grovyle researcher that Koa, Laura, and several other Wayfarers have had friendly interactions with in the past.
* Betel confirms that they can't translate Sceptile, Charizard, and Tyranitar's speech because they are wilds, although highly sapient compared to what they're used to. Ralsen's relationship to them seems very similar to that of a trainer and their pokémon, and he confirms that they're offworlders. Rather than being summoned by someone, they are Fallers who arrived in another way. Ralsen does not remember how it happened and wants to find out.
* Ralsen attempted to steal the relic because he and his "superiors" (assumed to be the Covenant) are interested in its purifying properties. He claims he'll likely have to give this one up as a lost cause and move on to "other targets".
* Jade recognizes Ralsen as Sebastian Shepard, or "Stalker", a Team Rocket admin from her (and Starr's) world. He, however, doesn't recognize her. While there are gaps in his memory, it (currently) seems more likely that this is a Stalker from an alternate version of Jade's world.
* Ralsen recalls his team into their poké balls and flees with an escape orb, but the relic is safe for now. Sinopa is frustrated intruders were able to get this far without her noticing, but is able to come up with a more secure place to store the relic.

- Phoenixsong