His enthusiasm was a little contagious; Obi-Wan found himself grinning back at Tidus. It turned to mild surprise as the blitzball came flying alarmingly fast at him. He side-stepped it, not wanting to chance getting slammed in the chest by it, and quickly gathered the Force to stop it in mid-air before it went flying too far. With his hand outreached, functioning as a conduit for the Force, he guided the ball back around and tossed it back at Tidus, though with far less force than the other had exerted. An odd way to say hello, but he didn't think too much of it. He'd encountered worse ways, really.

"We came to visit you, actually," he replied. "And I'm especially curious about this blitzball thing you've spoken so highly of."