Yeah, a couple magic spheres from one of the spellcaster fiends.

He decides to use a speed sphere.

He can be more agile! Or more coordinated! Or have better reaction time!

… He thinks he wants the agility.

There he goes! The effect is very small.

Shame. "How long does it usually take between spheres? And for this speed thing – I put it into, like, grace and movement ability and whatever – should I just try running around or something?"

"It's not about using any specific forms of magic, it's more about pushing your own boundaries, as your soul sees them. A normal pilgrimage day sees us using between three and ten spheres, depending on how many fiends we encounter."

"I will try to push my boundaries, in that case!"

"Pushing them in a direction makes it harder to do it in another. Mind that."

Pause. "But it doesn't make it impossible? It's just more difficult and would take more time, right?"

"Correct. We usually specialise. I'm going along the route of black magic, for example."

"What sorts of things is that? Like, voodoo and stuff, I don't know if you have that?"

"Elemental magic, mostly, but in general anything that's directly harmful to others and doesn't require physical contact."

"Including the petrification?"

"Yes."

Well, he's already used the speed sphere so he's going to try flying around a bit, see if it's helped at all.

Once again, doesn't feel like an improvement that couldn't just be wishful thinking on his part.

Well. He'll probably use a few more speed spheres at some point. So it's hopefully a noticeable improvement.

For now, flying and helping with fiends as they appear.

They will walk until about an hour before sunset.

He'll follow. Hopefully Kaede is getting some use out of his phone.

Kaede's having lots of fun with Theo's phone!

Eventually they reach an Al Bhed travel agency and Auron says, "We should rest here."

"I'm not sure if you guys have been here before, but do any of you know where I might be able to go do things, help with construction? – Or I could just ask a local."

"Not in the middle of the Highroad. There's nothing anywhere around a loooooong way."

"Hm," he says. "I can fly probably like ten times the speed you guys walked? – But I guess your point might still stand, I'm not sure how big the area is."