Okay that wasn't what he was expecting at all.

Noct immediately sits back up as the egg is set beside him, reaching out to carefully touch it before he's looking at Ash with a warm smile.

"Ash, you didn't have to--thank you! Seriously!" This was the first time he'd been gifted a Pokemon like this. Some Pokemon was about to become a very doted on little thing. "How close is it to hatching??"