Wow, that sounds like a goal and a half. He's briefly reminded of the Ronso - those who seem to decide most things through strength - but it's not all the way similar either; there certainly wasn't a lot of 'ruling' over them, anyway.

And the leads didn't sound similar to this either, but Tidus waves a hand some conversationally, not entirely discouraged by what this guy might be able to find. After all-

"You should chat around and get to the know the other passengers - I bet you'll hear some stories that way. Hey," he goes on after a beat, looking around a second, "I know what you can do. There's a way to talk to the whole train. You can use that, get to know any other youkai on board."