Rikku didn’t understand how the subject had got to Spiran law, particularly when she knew next to nothing about it; but that was more than Tidus, it turned out, and the distraction from the thunder wasn’t unwelcome.

She had just finished giving him a slightly muddled explanation of the law that forbade the Al Bhed from owning property on the mainland unless they were married to a Yevonite, when he grinned and said, “Well, if you ever get stuck with that, you know I’m available, right?”

She thought for a moment that the rain had distorted his voice, and then she thought of how Yuna would react, and then she pictured their wedding ceremony, with the other guardians all standing by looking solemn; and then she rolled her eyes, shoved against his arm, and said, “Sure, if I get really desperate.”