[ The role reversal isn't lost on Roland and you could say that's making him more self-aware that this was fun, and now Tidus knows what its like for your buttons to get pushed 8) But also because...he feels a bit silly, and he sort of enjoys feeling like he can just relax once in a while. Not have the burden of the worlds - two worlds - on your shoulders.

The nightmare doesn't help that disposition either. He needed this. He will need to forget it, eventually. ]

Ha. Looks like someone can't keep up with my close-range magician.

[ The light quip at Tidus fades away as he notices the sincerity in his answer. The small dips of hesitation to expound on more. Roland won't force it, he doesn't have to. He surmises enough from the story, enough for him to know that these things were important to him. Yuna is important to him. ] I see. [ He clears his throat, but it isn't audible. ] I'm sorry both of you had to go through that. Sometimes...people do crazy things, when they want something bad enough. [ The weight in his own words are evident. ] Sometimes when you want something to happen, you won't care what happens to anyone else. But that's not love.

[ He shakes that off as if it was nothing, expertly dodging repressing that emotion with practiced ease. He resumes his stance and his finger twitches to move the joystick. ]

Ready and waiting, cap.