"Oh." Hmm. Tidus taps at the riven on the floor, still showing the timer on the screen. "I guess I never thought about it before - what connects the higgledies to us. I figured it was just something they could do, so long as you can see them."

Not that they were riding on any particular bond. What did it mean for his and Gibbers? Was there something or other the creature was bound to inside him? When he wasn't bound to anyone, anything, and had to be.

...and what about when his barely held-together link unravelled, just like it had now? He puts a hand to his chest, a thought he hadn't considered. Worry floods him, and he starts to get up - maybe abruptly to Inigo, but:

"Ummm, let's go see how the higgledies are doing. Are they in the bedroom?"

Doing fine, okay, not having anything happen to them because Tidus decided to do cool tricks like fading??