"Oh, no, it wasn't like that," he explains. "Light was from another world, but so were we. The gods were taking people from different worlds and making them fight on their sides against each other."

There's a pause, and he admits, "I was on the team they were fighting against. She wasn't that happy when she first saw me..."

Which involved drawing a blade on him, but. You know. Let's not share that part!

"I thought for a long time it was some weird time travel thing; that I'd end up there after being stuck here. I wanted to train to stop them, you know? Even if that meant getting their attention to talk to them."

...no, he definitely wanted to kick their asses, but! Let's Taiki-wash this, okay!

"But I guess it was always another Tidus and Yuna and everyone who got thrown into that."