Rikku hugged her knees, pulling her feet up onto the chair with her. "That's ... that happened a lot, where I'm from. Your parents weren't around too long, so someone else raised you. Your uncle ... did he not get along with your dad?"

"I haven't seen him fly. I know he teaches it, here. He says you're a heckuva pilot. He beams about it." She smiled up at him. "I'm guessing freight's kinda not the same thing, huh?"