[The first part earns Ferran a small blush and a playful fist to the arm, although Rikku doesn't put in enough force to actually call it a punch. She's not going to argue, but she's also not quite mature enough to simply take the compliment, either.

Besides, his follow up question is the more important thing to answer. Rikku's realizing that it's nice to be able to talk about home like this, especially to someone who's as interested as Ferran seems to be. It helps with the homesickness a bit.]

Yeah, they are. They basically told everyone 'Technology is bad because we say so and it's why Sin happened blah blah blah.' [Her impression of a Yevonite preacher is deep-throated and unflattering.] Basically, they focused on all the bad things technology used to do and not the good things that it can do, you know?

Their loss.