Originally Posted by Pure Quin14
I always thought that Tantalus never knew he was alive either, and, being the expert thief and sly person he is, Zidane managed to creep into the play at that point to make his triumphant return. I reckon he left Kuja in Iifa Tree (because it's a nice place really) and then hung around with Black Mages for a while, living his own little happy life. I think he then used Fossil Roo to get back and hitched a ride on the Theatre Ship from Lindblum (because Tantalus were heading to Alexandria to perform I Want To Be Your Canary again) without the Tantalus knowing. Then knocked Marcus out for that part and used it to make himself look cool.