Whoa, was this a...machina? Rikku would be really psyched to meet them, he thought. But even thinking of Rikku brought a frown to his face, so...he pushed it back with a headshake and little smile.

"I dunno. I mean...I'm supposed to be dead right now, so maybe they figured I didn't have anything better to do? But it sounds like most of you were pretty busy. Sorry about that, by the way."