Ahaha, yes. Brilliant retcon.

Auron's tactical wisdom shines here. He's come so very far from the kid he was on Braska's pilgrimage, or even on Yuna's.

You do such good work with establishing Significant Relationships with just a word or two. One can feel the history there, even if they cannot explicitly name it. And poor Rikku! She just emanates frustration.

You've set up a pretty perilous tower (pun intended, haha) and it's going to be verrry interesting to see it all come down.