Lawrence was pleasantly surprised to hear Shasta fervently defending him to Skye. It wasn't personal pride for her boyfriend to Shasta. She truly believed that he was going to win tomorrow.
It was sweet, but Lawrence had no delusions about winning the King of the Hill Event. He figured even with Tidas' training, the one out of the three brothers that was most likely to win was Marco.
Tidas had trained his body along side his Tank trait for the majority of his life. Marco had lost his magic at a young age, so he'd been training his body for nearly fifteen years. Tidas was scrawny as a child, but Marco hadn't been small for as long as Lawrence could remember.