By Naga, he wants to cry. Especially hearing those words. It's only due to the sheer fact that he's cried so much already that he isn't wailing the moment he hears those words, the one that hit right through to the core of his being. Instead his breath gets unsteady, like the first sign of him being about to erupt into tears..

But the actual tears don't come.

Instead Inigo just clings to Tidus for another moment, his grip tightening, like he wants to remember this. Even here, at what feels like the very bottom of the well the train and all its shenanigans have thrown him into, those words feel powerful. They give a little bit of light, of hope. At least he's not alone right now. Even though he fears it so much, even though this train puts him on edge about that very thing so much - at least he's not alone right now.

"Okay," he slowly manages to say. And even then it takes some work to force it out, his throat feeling so tight that he can barely breathe. The thought that him just existing and being here can make someone happy, especially someone this important to him, even when he's like this.. it's a lot.

"I love you so much." At least it's easy to tell that it's a very platonic kind of love, rather than anything romantic in this moment. It's just the strongest way Inigo can express this sort of thing - a guy for whom the l-word might come a whole lot easier. It's just a love for everything Tidus is in his life. His best friend, someone he's opened up so much to, even more than he has to pretty much all of his friends back home. "Maybe it's dumb, but-- but I really thought of you right away. When I was feeling that bad."

It's not easy to talk through these emotions, but he's trying. Maybe that, too, is part of him trying to take care of himself. To not shove this down, the way he has for the past few days.

"Because you-- you make it easier too. For me."