Theo skips sleep pretty often, so when he does actually sleep he tends to sleep for a while. Kaede will probably wake up before he does.
"Will it be clear why these things link up when I find it? Because if not, I have no idea why you chose to mention this."
"You'll see."
He pushes his chocobo forward, to meet up with the rest of the party.
She looks at Auron and says, "And does he realise that him saying this kind of thing makes me doubt more and more the wisdom of killing Sin?"
Theo shrugs. "Makes me wonder why finding this place would have any bearing on wanting to kill Sin, too."
"I mean, if I honestly expected you would rather not know – which I'm inclined to think is not going to be the case – then I probably wouldn't tell you, but I expect you'll want to know." Shrug. "If there would somehow be magical repercussions to me telling you and I don't think they'll be offset by the benefit from you knowing, I probably won't, but I expect I will."
"Well, if that's the case can you at least tell me as much as possible about the reasons why you can't tell me?"
Their trek is uneventful, for a value of 'uneventful' that includes occasionally fighting monsters. The chocobos make them reach the end of the Highroad much earlier than they otherwise would, and there they see Dona arguing with a Crusader, Barthello in tow.
That way he goes!
Can he discern anything about why she's arguing with one, or does she notice him and stop?
She does not immediately notice the party.
"How many times do I have to tell you?" she asks the Crusader. "I'm a summoner!"
"Sorry, ma'am!" he says. "No exceptions!"
"You dare impede a summoner's pilgrimage?"
"Sorry, ma'am! No exceptions!" he repeats.
"Useless!"
Well that's curious! He'll land and interrupt her since, y'know, that sounds like fun.
"Hey."
She turns around. "Oh, it's you. As you can see, not even summoners can pass. But they'll call on us in the end. Just wait and see."
"I have no idea what we're not allowed to pass, here!" responds Theo, smiling slightly.
She points at the Highroad Northern Gate, where a caravan seems to be stopped, blocking the way.
"Apparently no one is allowed through until this 'Operation Mi'ihen' is done with," she says with some scorn.