"Look at you, Speedy!" Tidus throws back the compliment, pride felt in the moment, but Tidus not delayed in returning the favour. Look at them from last month: Inigo, worried forever that he wasn't making progress, that he wouldn't ever, now keeping up with the grav-con. They'll have to get Inigo his own, maybe get a few more for the stocks. It couldn't hurt.

(Wouldn't hurt either, if he wasn't relying solely on his magic either. But he wasn't expecting to be cheating today!)

Still, they can't get relaxed with Roland around, and why should they! The cable whizzing forward and then pulling the president with it, and Tidus hears Inigo loud and clear as they both sprint. Tidus waits for the support of a tree to kick off, having to mind as well what was ahead of him. But once he finds the best opening he can, Tidus takes it; Gibbers appearing in his right hand, his feet boosting him forward against the aged trunk.

The excited higgledy gives off a peculiar glow that stays with him when Tidus throws him across the distance in the president's direction, Gibbers teleporting mid-air to make sure he lands exactly on Roland's collar and neck-

where they both become stunned upon contact, delayed instead of simply slow, held still for a handful of seconds in another spell used.

"Why don't you hang around with some pals!" calls back Tidus cheerily.

did tidus just delay magic his own higgledy

yes

but gibbers was for it.