"There's tech around, machines--machina they call 'em," since the two words are both he knows personally, "but for the most part, they went out of use. Except by some people. Religion settled in: People were made to be machina was the reason Sin existed, so they disavowed it. Refused to use it. The people who didn't, the Al Bhed -- they got pushed out because of it, but they're real good with it. Got an airship up and running straight from under the sea! Not bad, you know, considerin' most of what they use is from all that time back. You'd think it'd be useless junk."

But the sea sure didn't get to that airship.

"My...dad was around in Spira too. Kind of." Well. "Different from you, but -- it wasn't really the same. I never lost everything all of the sudden. I didn't have my old man around for years when everything happened to me." He pauses. "I can't imagine what that's like. Least when I showed up in Spira, everyone thought I was just crazy or sick. Since the Zanarkand everyone knows in Spira became a holy place."

A small laugh. "But I admit, I did wonder if I'd been thrown a thousand years into the future at first."