"I got bitten and meteored and electrified and a bunch of things. Would not recommend."

"Meteored?"

"Yes," says Theo. "There was a dog."

"—okay. Yikes, guess that's another reason for the pilgrimage."

"To get you trained up? Presumably, yeah."

He sighs. "Someone should perform a proper Sending for the people in Zanarkand."

"There – okay, not sure how much of a revelation it'll be. Should I proceed in saying it anyway?"

"You mentioned Yunalesca, this is a story that probably needs to be told in one sitting and—" Fiends! "—case in point for why this won't happen now."

Theo helps take out the fiends. Alkali and grounding, oh yeah, fun.

"That's new," he says of the alkali.

"I tried acid. I remembered some more corrosive alkalis."

The fiends were annoying him, is left unsaid.

"That's... really smart."

"They are relatively commonplace in chemistry and then also near-ish popular media, and are really harmful to the environment so I have been trying to clear up after myself? But thanks."

"Mmhm." And the fiends have been despatched. "Our story doesn't need to be told in one sitting. How much did you see of what happened?"

"Against Sin? Not much after I started digging in – it was trying to detach me."

"—you dug into Sin?!"

"Did you not see this – yes I dug into Sin, the forcefield was sort of messed up and fried me as I went through and then it shrunk and was harder to get through."

"Okay, er, after you left Sin sent a forcefield wave that killed lots of people, and then the machina started hitting it but the forcefield was stronger—except suddenly it decided to switch to its skintight field and go away."

"– Ah."

"The Crusaders and Al Bhed took that as a victory, and they're planning on another attack soon. I performed a Sending, and then we continued on our way to Djose Temple. From there it was Moonflow Road and, well, here."

"Anything interesting on the way? I must admit I'm pretty sure I've never been to Djose Temple before."

Shocker, that.

He grins. "Djose Temple is pretty awesome. It's encrusted in rock but while a summoner's praying the rock starts floating around it, connected by lightning."

(Rikku and Tidus are somewhat separated from the group, talking about something in a low voice.)

(And Wakka is as far away from them as he can be while still being considered as part of the party.)

"I have recently got a newfound appreciation for lightning," says Theo. "I think I would have preferred seeing that."