The edge of his smile tightens. He's frustrated too. And he couldn't even take out his frustrations like he normally would, by riding in the mountains all day.

"Nope, not much choice. Maybe Tia thinks that 'keeping my mind off things' by working is good for me, too." He jerks a thumb over his shoulder without looking and sure enough he points directly at Tia, who could be seen hovering in the near-distance. "Heh. She's been shadowing me ever since we got back." He likes the moogle, really he does, but it's been a bit much.

"I know what you mean about the bike, though! Maybe MarKus can upgrade it for you!" He hasn't heard much about it, but he's assuming that regaining things from home might be on hold if Jessie was the one always taking care of it.