He smiles back, it's a tight, worried smile but a smile nonetheless. He trusts in Tidus and knows that he will keep the roots and vines back as Taiki works on the equaliser.

He works as quick as he can, fingers pressing buttons as he places the machine in the right place and adjusts the controls. It begins to hum, so far so good... He can see Tidus being rushed by the vines and wills the machine to hurry, holding the controls still.

At least until a vine wraps itself around his ankle, pulling him backwards. Taiki tries to wriggle his leg out, holding onto the equaliser, trying to keep everything in place.