[ Tidus is slower at the apple, for no other reason than feeling slower in usual in general. It doesn't make his pace sluggish--though it feels it, to him--but there's a disinterest being carried in him. Not as much now however, with this simple goal of supplying someone with a better distraction than.

Auditing. ]

Yeah. You read numbers and to find out the secrets of the train. [ Said in the dull tone it deserves. ] You gotta have more than that. Geez, I really do need to get people into more sports, don't I.

[ Ah, but he's not in the mood for playing any himself, and they've passed through the gymnasium now. But he can sigh about it to himself, a task for later. ]

I used to follow sports news and results... or just whatever was happening in the city. I'm not that big into fantasy stories. [ Which most of the books seemed to be...or about trains. Whatever. ] It was more fun goofing off and reading about whatever on this network that connected you to bunch of different stories about other things. And you could watch videos, like the stuff in the cinema car. Or listen to music.

That'd be fun to have around...but I dunno if a magical kidnapping train's gonna let us have access to a thing like that.

[ A thing also known as the internet. ]