Yeah, this one didn't really land for me. There wasn't enough to show that they were childhood friends or that they were reconnecting after years of separation; you could substitute any number of different backgrounds and have them fit with little issue. Unfortunately, without that extra depth or emotional component, it's just the same two panels repeating, over and over again, in service of a joke that can't land without a twist that they don't have.
The twist is that she's a Pokémon and that's literally all she can say.
Just you wait until she evolves and starts saying 'Goodness Gracious Me!'.
I wasn't sure how much time passed between each page at first, but the fact that they're wearing the same clothes makes me think this all happened on the same night.
I wasn't sure how much time passed between each page at first, but the fact that they're wearing the same clothes makes me think this all happened on the same night.