"He really didn't—look, I can just go wherever—and he's right, he's been to Zanarkand, you know? To two Zanarkands!" she says.

"...what?"

"There's another one, and everyone there's unsent, or something like that—"

"Now you're making stuff up."

"I also have weird magical powers that make me indestructible, and, like, in the least threatening way possible I could turn all your guns to literal fluff."

"Look, how about this: we're getting Dona out, and you can try to stop us, and you'll fail, and then later you can tell Father all about it and we'll see what he thinks, hm?"

The Al Bhed is silent.

"Glad to hear it," says Theo, and he starts to make his way to find Dona.

Rikku goes with him and leads him to the most likely spot. The inside of the ship is very bare and utilitarian, all iron, and eventually they reach a comfortable-ish room with a guard outside. After he stands down—

—here's Dona. "You?" she asks Theo, then looks at Rikku. "And who're you?"

"Here to get you out, and a friend who tipped us off to this whole thing happening." He nods towards the door. "Let's go?"

"You don't have to ask twice." She follows.

Up on deck!

"… It is probably going to be inconvenient to carry you both."

"Inconvenient or impossible?"

"—I can stay here. For a bit, anyway. Explain things."

"That would be preferable, seeing as I do not actually have superhuman strength. It'd be awkward – probably mostly for you two – for me to carry you both."

"I'll stay."

"Well? What are we waiting for?"

He hopes she's willing to be picked up, otherwise this might be difficult.

She will suffer this indignity.

Back towards the forest they go, then.

She closes her eyes but does not otherwise express any distress.

The others are not where he left them. Perhaps they're at the travel agency he sighted over there?

Theo will try the travel agency!

He lets Dona know.

And over there he sees a few Al Bhed surrounding Kaede and her guardians. There seems to be some form of forcefield around them, and they seem unable to use magic.

Does this have to happen literally every time he leaves?

He lands nearby.

"Oh good you're here mind disabling that thing? And where's Rikku?"

"Rikku's still on a boat, I'll go get her later."

Does the thing look easy to disable in a reversible way…?

Nope, it looks like a large gun and is very unfamiliar.

"What are you?" the Al Bhed manning it asks in his mother tongue.