I don't-- I don't think he's dead. [ Inigo can't help but go back to it, can't help but say that. He doesn't want Tidus to get the most pessimistic idea about it, after all, even though Inigo himself isn't quite sure how it ended. ] There was some commotion, right before it happened. I didn't see more, but maybe it got prevented. Lord Gyousou did speak of returning home as if it wasn't a strange thing at all.

[ So he probably lives, one way or another.

But it doesn't make their situation any less precarious, huh. ]

I think Taiki was there too. I didn't see him, but it was.. it was like I could feel him, almost? Like lord Gyousou was looking for him. That other guy, the fake king or whoever he was-- he was keeping Taiki near him somewhere. [ That's all the locating of Taiki he remembers in that memory, especially without having seen their friend present in it. ] .. probably since Taiki's the one who's supposed to pick the king. That's what the whole kirin thing is about, right?

[ As much as Inigo dislikes that idea. It makes him feel sick to his stomach. It feels too much like Taiki being used. Like he's just some thing rather than an incredibly important person. ]