"Heh, you've got that right," Tidus snorts, quieting for a moment. This is another opportunity to dwell on the past, and that's what he's trying to avoid doing.

But the memory bubbles up anyway. "Yeah, when people face something new and powerful that they don't know...it can get pretty ugly, and fast. At least they're just shipping us off to school?"

Not that he's all that fond of school. But just being here is a gift, for now.