"All we need to know is where they went, right? And find out how far it was. It sounded like they were near a forest..."

So they just had to figure out if there was any particular large forests around, or if anyone in town had any idea of where it was. Tidus remembers the large map in the Adventurer's Guild, and he figures they can ask there even, bringing the edge of his bowl to his lips and beginning

to slurrrrrrrp.

"I'll ask the guy if he got one," he pauses to say, but without lowering the bowl--because he's got a few more slurps to take.