Maybe it's the combination of the sour face and a hopeless situation, and soaking in a similar misery with a frown of his own, but Tidus gets sick of it before long. Straightens his back, makes his features firmer, more resolved.

"But we can do something. And if it isn't targeting people 'cause of what they're up to..." Considering how a guy like Hank could be working with David but still be around. But his thoughts switch gears, prompted by that mention about the one year.

"Do you really think it takes a year for it to make a new person?"