“W-well… I guess that I could probably step forward…” Bartz muttered softly before he ended up taking a step forward. While he seemed to be a little nervous about being in a new environment, he ended up glancing over at Firion and Tidus as well although he was also silently wondering where Vaan was at with the moment.

“Bartz… are you sure that you’ll be fine going with them? You don’t have to go if you don’t want to and you surely don’t have to go alone either.” Firion said as he glanced over at Bartz. He had taken notice of the nervousness of the young wanderer and as a result, ended up deciding to ask him if he was sure that he would be alright being by himself for a moment.

“I’ll be fine, Firion! Besides, I can handle being by myself for a moment so there’s no need to worry about me all that much!” Bartz said cheerfully before he ended up glancing over at Firion and smiled at him. While he had attempted to hide his feelings of nervousness, he also ended up trying to reassure Firion that he would be alright.

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Vaan continued to follow Ivan while remaining completely silent. He was silently anticipating being able to reunite with his friends however, he decided not to show the excitement that he felt.