Cid hugs her tightly. "[If he can be found, Hasira will find him. You know that.]"

"[I'm so happy to see you,]" Rikku sobs into her father's shoulder.

"[And me you. You're safe. We've got you.]"

Hasira, meanwhile, is making her way through the water, looking for Rikku's...friend.

There are usually plenty of water fiends down here, blocking every entrance out, but the water seems strangely...quiet.

Hasira is thankful for small mercies. She keeps going. If Wakka had been protecting Rikku, she at least owes him for that.

Far below, on the floor of the flooded prison, lies a man in a bright yellow blitz uniform. There is blood blossoming into the water around him.

Ira swims up to him and pokes him.

No response. 

She pokes him a bit harder, shakes him, and if that fails to get a response, will grab him to pull him up to the surface.

Still nothing. The man is very injured.

She manages to drag him up to one of the narrow walkways, and drags him out, ending up with him half in her lap. She pulls a potion out of her bag and forces the man's mouth open, pouring the potion in and rubbing his neck to force him to swallow.

The man stays still, but then his eyes shoot open, and he coughs raggedly. "What in the name of- Wait. Rikku! Rikku!"

"She's fine, Cid's got her. She was more worried about you, oui eteud."

"She- she's okay? Thank Ye- I...I mean, thank Cid. Where are they?"

"Further back," she gestures in the vague direction. "Near the exit. You good to move?"

"Yes. Yes, of course. We need to get out of here. We need to catch up with Yuna and Lulu-"

He stops himself. Can't go thinking like that, not while he and Rikku are still in peril. He'll wonder about the others later.

"They were fine too last I saw them," Hasira says absently. "Now get off my lap so we can go."

"That's good news! Thank you! How- how did you meet them though?"

He looks down, blushes, and scrambles off his rescuers lap. "Sorry. And uh, thanks. You saved my life."

"They distracted me and made me blow up my machina," Hasira says, pushing herself to her feet. "Told me Rikku was here. I decided to solve that. C'mon, we can keep to the walkway here for a bit."

She pads off.

Wakka follows. "So you're an Al Bhed? Like Rikku and Cid?"

"Close enough," Hasira confirms shortly.

"I, uh, didn't see you on the airship from Home."

"We weren't."

"Er...right. I just, uh. Sorry? About your Home."