The old man was exercising near a park bench when Ash and Goh approached him. He told the that even his exercising couldn't cheer him up when was dark in the city like it was. He explained to them that it had been about a week of it being night. He didn't know what time it was, so he don't know when to can eat. He also pointed out that since there's no sun, the flowers have wilted and that the Murkrow are even depressed because they are thought of as being bad luck to see at night.