Tidus joined him, blinking up at the clouds. The shapes were fascinating...a wing, maybe. A horse. A girl. Why was it that everything reminded him of her?

...well, he knew why. But he could leave that alone for now. Hope needed some help, and he totally wasn't qualified, but he had to give it a shot.

"Up til now, it's kinda felt like everything in my life was decided for me. This is the first time in a while I've really felt like there's nothing pushing me to do a certain thing...but I guess I'm trying what worked for me the first time. Looking around, making friends, and just...helping out where I feel like helping out, I guess. You can still do that after school, right?"