"I only knew Garland for so long so I can't say. But I don't think you ended up like him; you were trying not to be him. The thing with Garland was he never tried to break his own design." Zidane shrugged. They'd all been tied to a trashfire design work; how did the Terrans think it would all just work out? "Mikoto appreciated it."

And Kuja could ask why later. For now, Zidane listened to him tell the tale of yet another world, one named Vaikuntha. And his soul(?) then had been drawn there possibly? At least it sounded like this place gave Kuja another chance that he missed out on Gaia - not that... Zidane was sure if Gaia would've afforded him that after everything. "... Heh, not fun seeing a reflection of yourself, is it?"

But seriously, might've had that coming.

However, it did surprise him to hear Kuja say he actually owed him. He rubbed the back of his head, lips pressed while he took it in - processed it - and then shook his head. "While part of me does wanna rub this in your face for 'because' reasons, I'll just tell you like I told the others. If you hadn't done what you did, that would've been me instead. I got to live a completely different life. Hehe, imagine if you had to be the one stopping me from destroying Gaia... ah, I might've been thinking about it a lot."

Though, that laugh was without any humor.