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[nofarplaneyet]

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*If you want to harass an old man, feel free. Expect dry humor in return if you're trying to be smart.*

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[tenyearswaiting]

"Huh?" He looks down. "Ah, shit. Who cares about that right now?" He's still going to shuffle over to a mat and wipe off his feet though. Look. He's a man of his word most days. Not that it's stopping him from coming back to Auron in the exact same state, just with cleaner feet.

"The kid! Who else?"

[nofarplaneyet]

"And? What about Tidus?"

Auron completely knows why Jecht is completely bent out of shape, but he's not the one with the poor relationship with the young man right now. At least Tidus will listen to him.

[tenyearswaiting]

Jecht sighs in frustration, dragging a hand down his face. Dammit, Auron.

"Do you know which part of the pilgrimage he's from?"

It's not like he can ask. Or talk to his son about anything that's remotely productive. Throw him a bone here.

[nofarplaneyet]

Okay, he can throw Jecht a bone here, leaning back in his chair. He gives a long sigh before speaking.

"Early. Don't know if I ever told you, but Yuna's pilgrimage started in Besaid and just went in a line through Spira. So he doesn't really know anything yet or what happens to summoners."

[tenyearswaiting]

"So what does he know?" That comes out louder and more frustrated than he wanted, arm swinging to the side before he catches himself and rubs at the top of his head again. Ugh.

"Sorry, it's just... this wasn't the reunion I was hopin' for." Now it's even harder to make amends. "Think he knows I'm Sin at least. For all the good that is."

[nofarplaneyet]

"He does know you're Sin, but not a whole lot else, yet. He doesn't know about what Summoners have to do. And no one at that point knows what Guardians have to sacrifice. If I remember, we were in the Mushroom Rock."

If Jecht can remember some geography, then their party had a long way to go.

"He finds out more over time, but now? Not a whole lot he has. Except anger."

[tenyearswaiting]

Hey, he remembers the places with the temples. Mushroom Rock takes a moment for him to place... And once it clicks, his face falls even more, turns a little pale. The air instantly turning cold. The crusaders and Al-Bhed with their machina. The beach...

Give him a minute. He covers his face with a hand and just lets out a frustrated growl. Ignoring the thin slivers of reddish ice crystals spreading from his fingertips over his head band, and extending from his feet.

"Seriously?! Of all the--" A lot of his time spent as Sin tend to blend together - some things are clearer than most of course and that was most definitely one of them. He answered Sin's instincts that day... to see Tidus.

[nofarplaneyet]

"Yeah. That day where everyone came after Sin."

So quite a ways away in time from where both of them came from Spira.

"So what do you plan on doing about this? You can't run from him forever."

[tenyearswaiting]

He figures it was early but not that early. He grunts and carelessly runs his hand through his hair.

"I can't talk to him if he's not ready, Aur. I found him in the desert when he arrived. I tried, maybe I didn't do it right at the time, but his emotions are too strong. There's too much he needs to know before I can explain." He folds his arms, frowning. "You know me. I can hold myself together but I ain't invincible."

Excuses? Yeah. In his own way, he's trying. It's just hard.

[nofarplaneyet]

"Then you're going to have to try to get to him another way. He does find out everything eventually...but telling him that without experiencing it for himself is going to be rough."

And not to mention the biggest secret of all: his existence. He knows the information because it was impossible to get to Dream Zanarkand without realizing how it could exist. That will have to be handled with care.

[tenyearswaiting]

"Rough? He has to know the truth about the pilgrimage, about Sin, and there ain't a damn thing he can do about any of it here!" He's angry. Of course he is. None of this is remotely close to being fair to any of them.

He lowers his clenched fist and his shoulders sag.

"I wanted to see him again but not like this. The kid's been through enough."

[nofarplaneyet]

"Yeah. But would it really make it any better if it was after...whatever happens after I'm Sent? I'm sure he ends up not being far behind me."

Which is very harsh but true. They destroyed the Aeons and without them, all of the dreams of the fayth began to disappear.

[tenyearswaiting]

"'least he'd know. He'd have done something about all that bullshit."

Maybe he doesn't know his son as well as he wants to but he thinks Tidus would feel the same. He saw it for himself at the end.

"I'll do what I can. That ain't a question."

How well he does it though... The frost on the floor might say more about his worries.