There's a startled blink from his companion, blue eyes widening as Esteban turns to stare at the blond.
"You saw it?" He-- doesn't remember everything very well. There was so much-- fear and pain and loss and striving for a resolution, trying to fix things. There's a bit of a wince as he recalls again how callous he'd been around his friend, but he's glad-- genuinely glad. They've come a long way since then, somehow, and there's warmth in there too; that Tidus has become that much more precious to him.
But during tethering, hun.
"I guess that makes sense!" He grins, amused. "Mortal races even call them tethers, which wasn't confusin' at all when I first started learnin' 'bout the train," Esteban adds, snickering as he leans his arm on the rim of the tub and lays his chin against his palm. A precarious equilibrium, but if he truly wants to, he should be able to speak still.
Maybe that's also why he keeps on seeing the train as a living thing, rather than just an AI. The train is tethered to them; the way Esteban is tethered to his friends. Or at least, there's a similarity there that he can't quite ignore. Oh, but Tidus had asked a question, and he didn't quite answer, did he?
"Yep! That's my hoard for you!" He cheers, grinning widely. It really doesn't take a genius for anyone to piece things together with the few of Tidus' words, and Esteban most of all in this case. "It's a bottle of sunshine!"
Yeah, he hadn't needed to look far for that one. Funny enough, he can't recall if the bottle came first, or if the nickname came first, but he's still really happy with this one. It's simple, it rolls off the tongue, and it is so easy to see why he'd call Tidus 'Sunshine' after all!
"There's sand at the bottom 'cause you like the beach, an' seawater inside. There's even a lil' blitzball floatin' in there!" Tidus better be ready to hear all about it because Esteban's on a roll now. "The neck has a loop of glass, with a wave etched in there, with these thin slivers of colours. 'Round the loop's a charm dangle with a fin for Gibs~" Never forget the little higgledies, even if Esteban only sees them on occasion.
"'F I hold it up--" at this, the half-elf raises his hands, stretched as if there was something between them, even though it can't be seen. Maybe he's the only one that can see it now. "The sunlight hits the water, an' it glitters, like bein' underwater." There's warmth and happiness pouring from him as Esteban turns again to glance at his friend.
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"You saw it?" He-- doesn't remember everything very well. There was so much-- fear and pain and loss and striving for a resolution, trying to fix things. There's a bit of a wince as he recalls again how callous he'd been around his friend, but he's glad-- genuinely glad. They've come a long way since then, somehow, and there's warmth in there too; that Tidus has become that much more precious to him.
But during tethering, hun.
"I guess that makes sense!" He grins, amused. "Mortal races even call them tethers, which wasn't confusin' at all when I first started learnin' 'bout the train," Esteban adds, snickering as he leans his arm on the rim of the tub and lays his chin against his palm. A precarious equilibrium, but if he truly wants to, he should be able to speak still.
Maybe that's also why he keeps on seeing the train as a living thing, rather than just an AI. The train is tethered to them; the way Esteban is tethered to his friends. Or at least, there's a similarity there that he can't quite ignore. Oh, but Tidus had asked a question, and he didn't quite answer, did he?
"Yep! That's my hoard for you!" He cheers, grinning widely. It really doesn't take a genius for anyone to piece things together with the few of Tidus' words, and Esteban most of all in this case. "It's a bottle of sunshine!"
Yeah, he hadn't needed to look far for that one. Funny enough, he can't recall if the bottle came first, or if the nickname came first, but he's still really happy with this one. It's simple, it rolls off the tongue, and it is so easy to see why he'd call Tidus 'Sunshine' after all!
"There's sand at the bottom 'cause you like the beach, an' seawater inside. There's even a lil' blitzball floatin' in there!" Tidus better be ready to hear all about it because Esteban's on a roll now. "The neck has a loop of glass, with a wave etched in there, with these thin slivers of colours. 'Round the loop's a charm dangle with a fin for Gibs~" Never forget the little higgledies, even if Esteban only sees them on occasion.
"'F I hold it up--" at this, the half-elf raises his hands, stretched as if there was something between them, even though it can't be seen. Maybe he's the only one that can see it now. "The sunlight hits the water, an' it glitters, like bein' underwater." There's warmth and happiness pouring from him as Esteban turns again to glance at his friend.
"That's how I see you!"