His advisers had joked enough with him that he's very aware that his demeanour can be off-putting when he just wants information, but sometimes he slips, and now is one of those times. It sounds chaotic, the mission, like he'd had to make quick decisions without enough information. He can't think of anything he could possibly fault them for. And yet. His aura shifts, a tiger setting itself against-- well, not Tidus, because he manages a smile for him in return. Against whatever exhausted both of them.

"My thanks." He can't quite summarise the depths of his gratitude, really. And if Tidus isn't injured, then he'd much prefer to have the boy present, once clean. "Kouri won't eat like this, so get yourself something. If you wouldn't mind telling me more, when you're rested?"