"So that's a 'no' from you on my early retirement plan? Heh." Roland replies lightly, clouds passing them by now. "But I hear you. I'll do right by everyone. You included." And he'll keep asserting that even if Tidus will dismiss him; it's part of the charm now, he thinks. It's enjoyable at this point.

He crosses one leg over the other before replying, a bit more casual now. Recalling the platform that had just passed them by, meeting a couple of new folks along the way to collecting and distributing his gifts.

"There were a lot of Purples in the crowd, you're not wrong. Though there were plenty in Orange, too. Par the usual, I suppose." He leaves that there, a lilt that trails into another idea, another conjecture. "Say, we've logged some hypotheses on what the team colors mean apart from mimicking the previous Voidtrecker group, right?"