"That's harsh," is Tidus's first thought, and the first thing out of his mouth. Whether or not the marking has any credibility doesn't really matter to Tidus, his mind imagining what being an outcast in situations like that would mean. If just for a moment.

"So both you and your sister have the mark." But he doesn't linger on it, returning to the main subject and thinking out loud. Though this hadn't been exactly it, and his mind is wandering onto Yuna, being a summoner; the weight of that. His own father's popularity...

"Must've been hard. Was it a big deal for you two? Were you worried one of you wouldn't get it?"