Mikoto thinks it unlikely as well, but the other possibility is too painful to think about, and she's completely refusing to consider it. "I was outside. I had been left in the Mage's village, and led a rescue group to the Iifa Tree when I sensed Kuja and Zidane were there. Zidane's friends escaped the collapsing Tree, but Zidane ran back to try to get to Kuja. Zidane was missing for nearly three years afterward." And he had just said Kuja was gone. He didn't say when. What if they were here for those three years? Why wouldn't she have been told?

She'll go over to the bed and leave the dressing gown next to Regulus. "It is likely to be too long, but it will at least be something to cover yourself with until we can find other clothes."

Regulus manages a trace of a smile. "Thank you. If I hadn't lost my wand I could have tried to repair my clothes, but..." Yes, he is trying to sound out just where his wand is.