"We have explained Spira is the name of the whole world, and I just said Sir Auron is—"

"Lu."

She sighs and folds her arms.

"Okay, so if my question doesn't make sense because there is no precedent, could you as a native who understands more about the current context please make an educated guess about whether I, as a non-native, should in fact go visit him and say 'hi there I'm from another world and have a weird magic' or whatever."

"There's no should, the only reason we're gonna go see him is because of Tidus, he's not a maester or anything like that."

"Okay," says Theo. "Thanks."

He stands up, dusts himself, and leads the way back to the stadium.

Theo follows, wings furled up but still in evidence.

Eventually they arrive at the locker room where the Aurochs and Tidus are discussing strategy.

"Yo, Tidus, someone's seen Sir Auron in a cafe, wanna come?"

"Auron?"

"The very same."

"B-but the game!"

"We'll be back in time, don't worry."

"You'd better!"

It'd be a shame to miss it, indeed.

They leave the room—Lulu stays, but Kimahri and Kaede come with—and see a couple Al Bhed in the corridor.

"Hey! Al Bhed Psyches, right? Some Al Bhed saved me the other day, and... This girl Rikku gave me food and... Uh... You don't understand me, do you?"

The Al Bhed look at them in silence, so Kaede switches to another language and says: "He's saying he was rescued by someone named Rikku the other day."

That draws a reaction from them. "You speak Al Bhed?" asks one of them in the same tongue.

"You speak Al Bhed?" echoes Tidus in their original language.

"So do I, for the record – I get my summoners' languages."

"So you can translate," he tells Theo in Al Bhed, then looks at the other Al Bhed. "My mother was Al Bhed. I'm Cid's nephew."

"Cid's nephew is a summoner?" one wonders.

"Wait, I thought his sister was dead..." the other says.

"...yeah, she is."

Theo translates.

"...Rikku is Cid's daughter..." one of the Al Bhed ventures.

"Of cooourse she is," Kaede sighs, then explains that "This pilgrimage is absolutely riddled with coincidences. Anyway, I gotta go now, nice chatting with you, if you're still in town after this game hit me up, we can hang out together." He winks, to no visible reaction from the masked Al Bhed, and continues making his way out.

Theo translates that too and follows.

Tidus blushes when Theo gets to the wink part but asks, "So Rikku's your cousin?"

"Apparently. And by the way, try to avoid mentioning that I'm half Al Bhed to Wakka."