His gaze returns to Tidus as he speaks, nodding only a little distractedly. He can feel the ouki as it gets closer, almost overwhelming after a week of nothing.

It makes him slow to react when Tidus begins brushing him off as if he were a small child about to meet a strict grandparent.

It brings a small smile but mostly confusion. "Thank you." The train is drawing up now, he sticks near Tidus as people begin moving to the doors.