Editing the "Feed Cid Fish" event.

Hey gang, I was wondering if I could get a little help in editing what is (in my opinion) the most annoying part of FFVI, the beginning of the WoR where you either have to feed Cid fish or let him die.

In my opinion, it's a complete and total time-waster (Cid's not an important character...if he were a party member, I could understand putting forth the time and effort). What I wind up doing is fast-forwarding my ROM for a while until he just doesn't move anymore.

But, he's a good guy, I like him, so I'd like to be able to save him without having to waste an hour of my time trying to do so.

Keep in mind that I'm still (slowly) learning how to hex edit, and my event hacking skills are negligible at best. So any answers/help I get that are put in layman's terms so this noob can understand them would be greatly appreciated.

That said, here's what I've figured out. I know that the various fish have a set value; i.e., +2 for a yummy fish, +1 for "just a fish", -1 for "fish", and -2 for a rotten fish. Those numbers may not be exactly accurate, but I understand the correlation between a yummy fish making Cid's condition improve and a rotten fish or not feeding him at all making his condition worsen. I figure there is a certain "point" value per things he says (i.e.; "I can't bear this anymore" is one step worse than "Hackack! I feel a little better!"). What I'd like to do is to either try to boost the values of the various fish so that it takes fewer fish to save him, or turn them all into yummy fish.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong on any of those assumptions.

Either way, I want off that island with my afternoon/evening still intact. XD