Well he will run into Tidus on the way to the portal, as he's climbed the stairs and gone on to the Farplane, too. He is currently staring at the pretty.

Okay, to just Rikku then!

"Hey."

(And Auron.)

"Hi."

(Hi Auron.)

"Mind if I ask why you stayed out here?"

She shrugs. "I keep my memories inside."

"Ah," he responds. "Well, we couldn't get the fayth. Unfortunately."

"...so we'll have to go to Macalania, huh?"

"Yeah, think so."

She shivers.

"Something wrong with Macalania itself?"

"No, something wrong with the Thunder Plains."

"… I agree with you there, yeah."

"I hate lightning."

"I got struck by it a few times on my way back here! It was not fun."

She nods sagely. "I wonder if we can't go around it..."

"It seemed pretty large. So maybe but it'd take a while."

"Yeah, but..."

"Better than lightning? I mean, better than being struck by it, yeah, but I think there are ways around that."

"Like what?"

"… I mean, I assume there are, if we plan on going through it? You're not all as indestructible as I am."

"Oh, yeah, just magic, but still."

"I did a sort of, uh, haphazard plastic-and-metal suit thing. Which seemed like it worked, probably. But I'm not sure it's actually safe enough."

"...when I was a kid, my brother was practising a thunder spell. He. Hit me. I've been terrified of it ever since."

"Ah."