Mog: I can feel it. There's a warrior nearby, kupo.

???: (A moogle?)

Hope: Is that him?

???: (A kid...and a girl with cat ears?)

Y'shtola: Do not be alarmed. We are not your foe.

???: So you're the ones I keep hearing about.

Vivi: You've heard about us, Mister?

???: ("Mister"? Give me a break.)

Squall: I'm Squall. My client told me about you.

Squall: Mentioned you're on a journey to seal the Torsions.

Warrior of Light: What is your purpose here?

Squall: I'm a mercenary.

Squall: I've been tasked to investigate this cavern and eliminate any threat.

Hope: All by yourself? I get that you're a soldier, but...

Squall: I can take care of myself.

Vivi: I guess he's not interested in joining us.

Y'shtola: He is merely choosing not to get close to others.

Y'shtola: In any event, he bears the light, does he not?

Warrior of Light: More importantly, who is this client he spoke of?

Mog: We'll just have to ask him ourselves, kupo!

Mog: Found you, kupo!

Squall: (They're still here?)

Vivi: Squall, are you fighting all by yourself? Isn't that a little dangerous?

Squall: You're the ones who need to be careful.

Squall: This isn't a place for amateurs.

Squall: You should get out of here before you get hurt.

Sazh: Would it kill you to lighten up a bit?

Rem: Squall, I'm a soldier just like you.

Rem: Everyone here has their own reason for fighting. We know what we're doing.

Squall: ...Whatever.

Cloud: Show off as much as you want, but we have some questions that need answers first.

Squall: (Who's showing off?)

Cloud: Who's your client? And how do they know about us?

Squall: That's confidential.

Sazh: I don't get you at all. What's with the attitude?

Squall: You're the ones not making any sense.

Squall: You're risking your lives solely based on what that moogle told you.

Squall: While in reality, you have no idea what's actually happening in this world right now.

Mog: I'm a messenger of the goddess Materia. It's my duty to protect the planet, kupo!

Cloud: We all have something we want to protect. Isn't that reason enough?

Squall: Something you want to protect...

Cloud: Anyway, sorry for stopping you. Later.

Squall: Stop. You're no match for what's lurking around here.

Vivi: But it's way too dangerous for you to go alone too.

Squall: If you're scared, you can stay close to me. Just don't get in my way.

Rem: So you'll join us then?

Squall: I didn't say that. But I'll help you out while you're here.

Squall: Come on, let's go. Things should be easier now that I'm with you.

Tifa: Looks like we made it.

Vivi: It feels good to be outside again.

Squall: Don't relax just yet. We still have to make it through the forest before we reach our destination.

Hope: You really know your way around here, don't you?

Squall: I'm just going by the information I received from my client. Anyway, be careful. There are monsters up ahead.

Rem: Sounds like he's really familiar with the area. It's nice having someone you can count on.

Squall: I never said I trusted him. I'm simply relaying what I was told.

Rem: You're risking your life for a client you don't even trust?

Squall: ...I needed a purpose. I was lost.

Squall: That's when he came along. Told me he needed my help.

Squall: Didn't even ask who I was or where I came from.

Hope: So you only trust him because you're contractually obligated...

Squall: But I don't think my client would lie since he's counting on my success.

Squall: In that sense, I trust him. That's all.

Vivi: Squall...

Tifa: Sounds like you've got a lot on your mind. Reminds me of someone else I know.

Squall: (Hmph... You don't know me.)

Tifa: He can also be a bit awkward.

Hope: Is that being awkward?

Rem: Everyone has a different way of looking at things. That's what makes us unique.

Vivi: Yeah, exactly.

Squall: ...Come on.

Squall: Let's get out of here before any more monsters show up.

Tifa: Yeah, good idea.

Cloud: He's going to get himself killed if he keeps this up.

Y'shtola: You refer to Squall.

Rem: You're really worried about him, aren't you?

Cloud: No, I'm worried about us.

Cloud: Who knows where this so-called client is taking us.

Cloud: And the farther we go, the more monsters there are.

Hope: What do you think we should do then? I mean, he seems to be avoiding talking to us.

Tifa: Yeah, but it's not like we can pretend everything's okay.

Rem: Do you think we can get him to change his mind?

Y'shtola: That may prove to be difficult. To him, the mission is everything.

Y'shtola: He is not going to turn back until the investigation is complete.

Rem: Squall is one of us. We can't just abandon him.

Tifa: Then I guess we need to see this through until the end, huh?

Hope: I was about to say the same thing. ...But what about you, Cloud?

Cloud: I never said we should turn back. I was just saying we need to be more cautious.

Tifa: ...He said cautiously.

Cloud: What's that supposed to mean?

Tifa: Nothing. Cautious is good.

Rem: I'm sure there's a reason Squall's in such a hurry.

Y'shtola: Any clue why?

Rem: He said he needed a purpose.

Rem: So maybe he's trying to make something of himself—trying to find his identity.

Y'shtola: So even Squall has worries.

Hope: I hope there's something we can do to help.

Tifa: Yeah, come on, we have to be there for him.

Cloud: ...Not interested.

Tifa: Yeah, yeah. You keep telling yourself that.

Rem: Hey, Squall? You're here on a mission, right?

Rem: You don't need to report back to your client or anything?

Squall: My client is only interested in the Torsions.

Squall: How I handle the mission is up to me. That's why I chose to accompany you.

Y'shtola: And yet you continue to conceal your client's identity.

Squall: Like I said—

Y'shtola: "That's confidential."

Squall: (Don't finish my sentences. You'll remind me of her.)

Y'shtola: You fear growing close to others.

Y'shtola: But I sense the good in you—a desire to protect and a great inner zeal.

Hope: Is everything okay? Everyone's already heading to the next area.

Rem: Sorry, we'll be right there.

Y'shtola: I expect great things from you, Squall.

Squall: Yeah.

Hope: Um, do you have a second?

Hope: I was thinking about what you said earlier.

Hope: Mog told us that sealing the Torsions would protect this world.

Hope: And as a result, save our worlds as well.

Squall: That's the idea.

Squall: But there's no way to find out for sure until we return home.

Hope: I want to know the truth. I want to know what's really happening.

Squall: Sorry, but I don't have all the answers either.

Hope: Then why are you fighting? I'm sure you're not just following orders.

Squall: I don't fight for some great cause like saving the world or anything.

Squall: I'm just trying to survive to see my friends again. That's all.

Hope: They must mean a lot to you.

Squall: Yeah. Now come on, let's go. You need my help, right?

Hope: To be reunited with your friends, huh?

Hope: Maybe I just need to keep my eyes front. There's no going back after all.

Mog: Kupo?

Y'shtola: Aye, how peculiar.

Sazh: Something the matter? I thought we were almost out of here.

Y'shtola: We would be if this were a normal forest.

Tifa: Wait, are you saying it's not?

Mog: It's almost like we're trapped inside, kupo.

Hope: We're trapped? You mean we can't leave!?

Y'shtola: Rather, we are not allowed to leave.

Sazh: I'm not followin' you.

Tifa: You mean someone intentionally trapped us in here?

Y'shtola: Or perhaps "something." Escaping may prove to be quite arduous.

???: Help!

Mog: Someone's in trouble, kupo!

Hope: That voice! Is that—!?

Sazh: Hope! *Sigh* Can't take your eyes off him for a second.

Tifa: C'mon, we have to go after him!

Warrior of Light: It appears that was the last of them.

???: Thank you.

???: I mean, you're not one of the bad guys...right?

Warrior of Light: We bear no animosity toward those who wish us no harm.

Warrior of Light: Are you hurt?

???: I'm fine. That was a close one! By the way...who are you guys?

Hope: It looks like there aren't any more monsters here. Vanille, are you okay?

Sazh: Man, kids these days think they'e invincible. Glad you're okay though.

Vanille: Hope! Sazh!

Mog: You're friends? Introduce us, kupo!

Hope: She's a friend from back home.

Vanille: I'm Vanille. Nice to meet you.

Vanille: So...where are we?

Mog: Come on, I'll explain on the way, kupo!

Vanille: Wait... Do you mean I can come with you?

Warrior of Light: It is far too dangerous for you to travel alone. You may accompany us until we reach a safe—

Mog: You also bear the light, kupo! You should come with us!

Vanille: The light? Hold on. Is that a moogle?

Sazh: What can I say? You've missed out on a lot. But for now, we could really use your help.

Vanille: Really? Count me in.

Mog: You can trust me, kupo!

Vanille: A friend of Sazh and Hope's is a friend of mine.

Y'shtola: What a peculiar girl.

Sazh: For real? What's so weird about trusting others?

Y'shtola: I do not think it a bad thing.

Y'shtola: In any event, the force preventing us from leaving the forest has weakened.

Vanille: We're leaving already? But there are still areas I haven't checked out yet.

Vanille: This forest is huge! Who knows what wonderful treasures await us? Besides, I feel like something's calling me!

Sazh: And if we get lost? Then what? Listen, we need to regroup and— Aw, forget it. You've already made up your mind.

Vanille: I knew you'd understand, Sazh. All right then, let the treasure hunt begin!

Vanille: Hey, so... Is someone going to tell me where we are yet?

Cecil: We still owe you an explanation, don't we?

Mog: Oh yeah, kupo! Allow me to explain.

Mog: This is an illusionary world created by the gods, but it's being corrupted by the Torsions.

Mog: That's why I'm on a journey to make friends with those who are blessed with the light to save it.

Cecil: Those Torsions threaten to erode each of our worlds as well.

Mog: Exactly! Which is why this is such an important journey for us all, kupo!

Vanille: I get that something has to be done...

Vanille: But why would such powerful gods need our help to fix things?

Yuna: Now that you mention it... If our worlds really are in trouble, why would we need to come here to save them?

Mog: Because the gods aren't all-powerful and in control of everything, kupo.

Mog: Besides, it's not like they created this world to be destroyed. They made it for a reason.

Mog: That's why we desperately need your help to save it, kupo.

Vanille: Hm... Alright then.

Mog: Does it make sense now, kupo?

Vanille: Nope! But at least I'm certain it doesn't make sense now.

Mog: Kupo...

Yuna: For now, I guess all we can do is focus on what's in front of us. We have to seal the Torsions.

Vivi: Yeah, we don't have any other choice if we want to protect our homes.

Vanille: Huh... So that's what this is all about.

Mog: Yep! So there's no time to waste, kupo!

Vanille: ...Okay, ready to go then?

Vivi: Let's be careful we don't get lost.

Cecil: Mog, lead the way, if you could.

Yuna: We're counting on you.

Mog: Kupo!? R-right this way.

Vanille: Things don't always go as planned...even for gods, huh?

Vanille: I know the feeling.

Vanille: ...I really hope there's some way I can help save this world.

Yda: Hrm. This forest truly is confounding.

Vanille: But you sound like you might know where we are!

Yda: Well, I could bring us back to whence we started. I've trekked through a wood or two in my day.

Yuffie: What a relief. I'd hate to get stuck here forever.

Rem: Are you okay? You can wait outside the forest if you're worried about getting lost.

Yuffie: And let you hog all the treasure? Not a chance.

Vanille: Treasure?

Yuffie: The treasure you told us about! You said it was callin' you.

Vanille: Oh yeah... I guess I did say something like that.

Yuffie: Must be something amazing for you to feel it calling you from so far away.

Rem: I just hope it's nothing dangerous.

Vanille: Well, uh... Let's hope for the best!

Yuffie: C'mon, have some faith! You're the one who brought it up, after all.

Vanille: Well, it's true I feel like something's calling me.

Yda: Perhaps that something is why we couldn't leave the forest earlier.

Vanille: I guess we'll soon find out.

Yda: That we will! Whatever it is, I just hope it's not alive!

Rem: You two are starting to scare me.

Yuffie: Yeah, maybe I will go back and wait.

Vanille: Come on, we've come this far. Let's see this through together.

Yuffie: Y-you're just trying to trick me into taking point, aren't you!

Y'shtola: Everyone has become rather comfortable around each other, haven't they?

Edge: You won't hear me complain.

Y'shtola: Why don't you join them?

Edge: Sometimes it's nice to just sit back and enjoy the view.

Edge: Gotta let the ladies have their fun, you know?

Y'shtola: ...Aren't we the noble one?

Rem: This pendant's drawing in mana. Maybe this was what trapped us in the forest?

Vivi: It's kind of creepy. I don't like it.

Rem: Yeah, we should probably leave it alone.

Vanille: What are you two whispering about? Hey, check it out!

Vanille: So? How does it look?

Vivi: What are you doing!?

Vanille: What do you mean?

Rem: Huh? What happened to the dark aura?

Vivi: It's gone... But why?

Vanille: "Dark aura"? What are you talking about? It's just a cute pendant. See?

Mog: They say some items in this world choose their owner. It looks like that one has taken a liking to you, kupo.

Sazh: Or maybe you scared off the "dark aura" with your rainbows-and-sunshine attitude.

Vanille: Sazh, maybe it's your turn to wear this pendant. Let's see how the dark aura likes you!

Sazh: Okay, okay! You win. You know magic and I don't get along.

Y'shtola: Not a terribly adventurous spirit, I see.

Sazh: You can't afford to take any chances at my age.

Vanille: You take chances all the time though. Especially when it involves your family.

Sazh: Guess we're not that different then, huh?

Vanille: Yeah... I wonder how everyone's doing back home.

Rem: Well, you were reunited with Sazh and Hope in this world.

Rem: Who knows? Maybe it won't be long before you see your family again, too.

Y'shtola: Aye, now is not the time for sorrow.

Vanille: Was it that obvious? You're right. I shouldn't worry.

Vivi: Besides, you have us now. We're here for you.

Vanille: Thank you so much! I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

???: Well, what do we have here?

???: Grasslands as far as the eye can see and not a casino or pub in sight. Wish there was at least a beautiful lady to keep me company.

???: If only I had my airship.

Mog: Kupo! I can sense the light coming from that man!

Terra: Setzer!?

Setzer: Heh, wasn't expecting to run into you guys here.

Shadow: Setzer, you too? How long have you been in this world?

Setzer: What do you mean "this world"?

Shadow: This moogle knows more about it than I do. He can fill you in.

Mog: Leave it to me, kupo!

Setzer: Whew... Sounds like I've gotten myself in a real mess this time.

Setzer: And you say you want me to help you save the world?

Hope: That's right.

Terra: The world will be destroyed if we don't do something. Setzer, please come with us.

Setzer: Thanks, but no thanks.

Mog: Kupo!? Why?

Setzer: No casinos, no pubs... There's nothing to live for here, so why risk my life?

Mog: Awww, kupo...

Setzer: I'm a wandering gambler. I do what I want, going wherever the wind takes me.

Shadow: Hmph. You never change, even if the world does.

Setzer: Life is a series of gambles. You've gotta go with your gut.

Setzer: I just want to be the one who rolls the dice.

Mog: Why do you have to be so difficult, kupo?

Setzer: Well, good luck with that saving the world thing. Who knows? Maybe we'll meet again one day.

Terra: Setzer...

Hope: What a mysterious person. Are you sure we can trust him?

Shadow: He would no doubt be an excellent addition to our cause.

Shadow: Perhaps an airship really could tilt things in our favor.

???: Well, I'm impressed.

Setzer: I watched you take care of those monsters.

Mog: You're back, kupo! It's nice to see you again!

Warrior of Light: Setzer, was it? Have you decided to accept our proposal?

Setzer: Not quite. I'm just trying to figure something out.

Hope: What do you mean?

Setzer: Why do you fight? What are you risking your lives for?

Setzer: There's not a single town or person in this world. Nothing here's worth fighting for.

Warrior of Light: We are no different from you—warriors from another world.

Warrior of Light: Naturally, we all have homes we must return to and dreams yet to be fulfilled. Surely that is worth fighting for.

Setzer: Chasing after your dreams, huh?

Yuffie: Exactly! Take me for example. My dream's to one day steal enough treasure to restore glory to my village!

Vivi: When I get home, I wanna go to the theater and watch plays every day.

Hope: No matter what happens, I can't let myself give up—for the sake of my friends and for myself as well. I'm using this opportunity to get stronger.

Warrior of Light: We continue our journey because each of us has something we're looking to accomplish. Is that not enough?

Setzer: All right, you've got me.

Setzer: I mean, why not? Consider my life a chip in your pile.

Terra: Do you mean...!?

Setzer: What you said reminded me that I still have a dream like no other. I was a fool.

Setzer: Sitting around isn't gonna solve anything. You know, sometimes you've just gotta roll the dice and hope for the best.

Yuffie: I didn't even get half of that, but you sounded cool to me!

Setzer: I'm a gambler. Deception is but one of my many talents. I'll show you just how rewarding my skills can be in battle.

Warrior of Light: We are counting on you.

Hope: Yeah, we really appreciate the help.

Mog: Thanks, everybody, for getting him onboard, kupo!

Setzer: I can't wait. What could be more exciting than gambling with your own life?

Vivi: What's wrong?

Setzer: Ever since I came here, all I've done is fight.

Setzer: Nothing wrong with that, but I have to wonder if there isn't anything else in this world to do for fun.

Mog: For fun? Our company isn't fun enough, kupo?

Setzer: That's not what I meant. I'm talking about entertainment—gambling, games, you know?

Tifa: Games, huh? Hmm... We have a huge amusement park back in our world.

Tifa: It's got the Shooting Coaster, and shows, and all sorts of attractions.

Steiner: ...Shooting what?

Tifa: Shooting Coaster. You ride in a cart that zooms down a track full of twists and turns.

Setzer: Zooms, eh? That does sound like fun.

Cloud: ...It's not for everyone.

Tifa: Oh, uh... Yeah... Not if you're prone to nausea.

Vivi: Theater plays are probably the most fun in our world, right?

Steiner: "I Want to Be Your Canary" is a classic. I cannot wait to get back home and properly enjoy it.

Vivi: We have a famous card game that's really fun, too. The tournaments get really competitive.

Setzer: Theater and card games, huh? Your world sounds a lot like mine.

Cloud: So what's your idea of fun?

Setzer: Gambling—you could say it's what I live for.

Setzer: I used to play all night at my casino against the top gamblers from around the world.

Tifa: "At my..."? You run a casino!?

Setzer: I would love for you to come see it when this is all over.

Mog: It's too bad we still haven't found a casino in this world, kupo...

Setzer: The sky is as vast as in any world...

Setzer: I'd be tearing it up if I only had my wings... Heh.

Yda: Ah, there he is! Hey! Setzer!

Edge: What's with the moping? Come on, let's go.

Setzer: See that bird looking down on us?

Edge: Yeah? So what?

Setzer: Surrendering itself to the wind, hovering in the sky—we're on the same planet, yet we live in different worlds.

Yda: Is it just me or is he acting unusually sentimental?

Edge: You think he ate something funny?

Yang: Is everything okay?

Laguna: What's the holdup, folks?

Yda: Setzer has got the blues, if you can believe that!

Setzer: I'm just tired of treading this earth.

Laguna: Wh-whoa! Don't tell me you're gonna jump off that cliff!

Yang: Setzer, you're not thinking straight! If you need to talk, I'm here for you!

Setzer: ...That's not what I meant.

Laguna: Oh, really? Man, don't startle me like that.

Yang: Let's go back to camp. Mog is waiting for us.

Setzer: I'm a man of my word, Darill.

Setzer: I'll find a way back and make our wish come true.

Hope: It looks like we've sealed all the Torsions in this area.

Sazh: Then let's fly outta here!

Vaan: Hey Sazh, let me take a turn at the wheel for once!

Sazh: Not in a million years, kid.

Setzer: Hold up, old man.

Sazh: Old man? You talkin' about me?

Hope: Who else would he be talking about?

Setzer: Did you just say "airship"? You have one?

Sazh: Of course, I do! You're lookin' at the best pilot this world's ever seen.

Sazh: Wh-what?

Setzer: I thought you were just some guy in a strange getup from another world, but it looks like we're one and the same after all.

Sazh: What do you mean "one and the same"?

Vaan: Wait... Setzer, you're a pilot, too?

Setzer: Captain of the Blackjack, my own personal airship and true love.

Sazh: What, you too!?

Hope: I thought you were a gambler, not a pilot.

Setzer: Don't get me wrong. I do love gambling—to the point that I even built a casino on my airship.

Setzer: But that's not my calling. What I want most is to be the fastest thing soaring across the wide blue yonder.

Vaan: I know what you mean. One day, I want to be the greatest sky pirate there ever was!

Sazh: There's nothing like flying, right!? Man, I'd love to hear some of your stories!

Shadow: Looks like they really hit it off.

Mog: I'm glad we're all friends now, kupo!

Setzer: I'm sure I'll discover new revelations looking down from the clouds on what I once thought was a barren world.

Setzer: All right, I've made up my mind. I'm going to become the fastest pilot in this world!

Setzer: It doesn't matter where you are. If you're going to dream, dream big. Right, old man?

Sazh: Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

Vaan: Don't count me out yet! Come on, I challenge you to a race!

Hope: I wish I had something that I could get excited about.

Sazh: Hope, you're still young. You've got the rest of your life ahead of you to find something you enjoy.

Hope: You're right. I'll remember that.

Mog: I sense another Torsion in the area, kupo.

???: Oh? I wasn't expecting an audience.

Warrior of Light: Who goes there?

???: The leading man of this little story, of course.

Vaan: Balthier!

Vaan: What're you doing here?

Balthier: I should be asking you that. I see you've made some interesting friends.

Vaan: Er...yeah. We're working together to seal the Torsions spreading destruction throughout this world...or something like that.

Mog: And we're always looking for new friends that can help us, kupo!

Cloud: So what does the "leading man" want with the Torsion?

Balthier: For treasure—the rarest kind, mind you. What else would a sky pirate want?

Vivi: Sky pirate? So you're a thief who flies on an airship? That's so cool!

Vaan: By the way, what happened to the Strahl? You lose it?

Balthier: Along with my partner, I'm afraid. We're not in Ivalice anymore, are we?

Mog: Everyone here was summoned from a different world, kupo.

Balthier: If only I had my airship.

Mog: We have one, kupo! We can take you wherever you want!

Balthier: Is that so? It appears the moogles here also know their stuff when it comes to machinery.

Mog: I can feel the light radiating from you, kupo! Come with us!

Balthier: You're asking me to trust you, a complete stranger? I'd rather not be murdered today, thank you.

Vaan: What? You don't trust me?

Balthier: You know how it is. Besides, it's against my policy to work for free.

Cloud: Understandable.

Balthier: Well, take care. Maybe we'll meet again.

Vivi: Is he really going to be okay on his own?

Rem: So the Torsion's up ahead, right?

Balthier: Hmph. I got my hopes up when I saw you were with a lady. A shame she's but a child.

Cloud: You again? Did you follow us?

Balthier: We're going to the same place. It's only logical that we'd run into each other again.

Balthier: Are you fighting alongside them too, my dear?

Rem: Yes, I'm a soldier, after all. Well, I am back home, at least.

Balthier: At your age? What a barbaric world.

Balthier: Then again, I guess no world is free of those who exploit the innocent.

Sazh: Happens where you're from too, huh? Makes you sick, doesn't it?

Balthier: Hey, you there. You said you were searching for new allies, correct?

Balthier: I really hope you have a good reason for recruiting children.

Mog: Only a select few can close the dimensional distortions eating away at this world, kupo.

Mog: And those are the ones who bear the light.

Mog: Just like you, kupo!

Sazh: So what's it gonna be? We could really use the help.

Balthier: You'd be better off without me. The fewer, the better, as they say.

Vaan: Who says that? I've never felt that way.

Cloud: You have any skills?

Balthier: I can steal certain enemy abilities.

Balthier: When an enemy enhances its defenses, for example, I can swipe it and take it for myself.

Mog: You're exactly the kind of person we need right now, kupo!

Mog: My senses are telling me that the enemy up ahead is tough!

Rem: I know it's asking a lot, but could you help us?

Balthier: You just don't give up, do you? All right, lead the way.

Yang: Balthier, you said you are a sky pirate.

Balthier: You find that odd?

Yang: You don't see anyone with their own airship where we're from.

Vaan: I thought Cecil had an airship.

Cecil: I commanded a fleet. The airships themselves belonged to the kingdom.

Yang: To my knowledge, the Kingdom of Baron is the only nation with airships...

Cecil: Anyone can possess an airship in your world?

Vaan: Poor people can't afford them, but I guess more people do than in your world.

Balthier: Not to mention the nations waging war on each other with their own fleets.

Cecil: Instruments...of war... So no matter the world, the concerns are the same.

Balthier: There's a glum face. I'd imagine you had a plum career as a royal knight.

Cecil: Baron is a military state. It used its airships to invade other nations.

Cecil: The innocents I...even under orders...

Yang: Cecil left his homeland, unable to bear the orders of the king.

Vaan: You don't like airships?

Cecil: I have nothing against the technology itself...but when used to plunder...

Balthier: Treasure is my only target.

Balthier: Though I suppose there's no excusing that in the eyes of a straightlaced knight.

Vaan: Sky pirates are different from soldiers and petty thieves. They're free and debonair and everyone looks up to them.

Vaan: Every kid from the slums dreams of becoming a sky pirate. Me included.

Cecil: A love for the sky was the same in my world.

Cecil: But why...why did it turn out that way...?

Balthier: Knights have it tough wherever you go.

Cecil: Had I the freedom... Were I to lead the Red Wings as I wished... Could I someday...make up for what I've done?

Balthier: Ply the skies all you like, as long as you have something hanging over you, you can hardly call it freedom.

Balthier: ...Said the pot to the kettle.

Yuffie: Hey, Balthier, what kind of person is your partner?

Balthier: Why do you ask? Are you going to go look for her?

Yuffie: I was thinking I should get one, too. A gal's got her limits, you know? I wanna know how to pick a good one.

Bartz: Balthier's already a force to be reckoned with. I bet they're unstoppable together.

Balthier: For heaven's sake... You'll forgive me if I keep the particulars to myself.

Hope: Vaan, do you know anything about her?

Vaan: She's a friend. We traveled together.

Yuffie: Tell me more, tell me more. Balthier's being a sourpuss.

Vaan: Let's see... She's a viera...but that doesn't mean anything to you, huh?

Vaan: She's real tall and good at magicks... She's got long ears...real grown-up.

Bartz: Like Y'shtola?

Y'shtola: You all look to be having fun, but what's this about me?

Yuffie: Vaan's telling us about Balthier's partner.

Balthier: ...A right nuisance for her if you think he's doing a good job of it.

Vaan: Then why don't you tell them?

Balthier: They'll know when they meet her. Describing viera to someone from another world will confuse them more than not.

Y'shtola: So there are a variety of races in your world, too?

Balthier: None like yourself to my knowledge, but we humes aren't the only ones who walk upright, to say the least.

Yuffie: Long ears and grown-up like Y'shtola, huh...?

Vaan: They aren't all that alike...though I guess there are some similarities.

Hope: Even from different worlds, they do have something in common?

Vaan: I still have no idea how old she is. Y'shtola, how—?

Y'shtola: ......

Balthier: ...Grow up.

Hope: ...You're being rude.

Yuffie: Haha, Vaan got in trouble. You're such a kid.

Vaan: H-hey!

Bartz: ...Good point. I wonder how old Y'shtola is. ...Oh well.

Balthier: Well...I guess this belt should suffice as payment.

Balthier: It was a pleasure doing business with you.

Hope: Um, sir... Would you be interested in fighting with us from now on...permanently?

Hope: I would feel a lot more comfortable with you on our side.

Balthier: I commend you for your manners, but you still have a lot to learn, I'm afraid.

Balthier: Man cannot live by goodwill alone. Especially sky pirates. What's in it for me?

Warrior of Light: So you do not share our desire to save the world?

Balthier: If something were to happen to it, I'll just take to the skies, free as can be.

Vaan: But you don't have your ship.

Mog: Never fear, kupo! You want an airship? We've got one!

Y'shtola: Is a reward truly the only thing you seek? ...Nay, I sense you are worried about someone.

Y'shtola: And If I may venture a guess, I would say that person is your dear partner, is it not?

Balthier: You have quite the intuition. I like that.

Mog: All the more reason you should come with us, kupo!

Mog: I have the power to find those who bear the light!

Warrior of Light: It would be in your best interest to join us.

Warrior of Light: After all, finding your partner would be a reward in itself, would it not?

Hope: Everyone helped me reunite with my friends from back home. I'm sure we can help you too.

Balthier: I guess any self-respecting leading man needs to do something heroic every once in a while.

Balthier: But I'm doing this for me. Don't forget that.

Mog: Of course, kupo!

Y'shtola: Perhaps a man can live by goodwill after all.

Y'shtola: Or maybe it's that the "leading man" simply couldn't turn his back on those in need?

Balthier: Hmph. You can read men like a book.

???: Zidane! Where are you, Zidane!?

???: Vivi! Steiner! Please don't leave me here alone!

???: *Sniffle* This isn't how you treat a lady.

???: How could you leave *sniffle* a helpless little girl like me behind? I can't believe you guys.

???: More importantly...where am I? I've never seen this place before.

???: I've got a bad feeling about this. ...Like a monster could come out at any moment.

Eiko: No, I'm not gonna cry! I'm a grown-up!

Eiko: Besides, I'm gonna find them! I just know it!

Eiko: Then, I"ll make them pay for leaving me behind! Oh, the nerve!

Eiko: Zidane!? Zidane, is that you?

Eiko: I'll even take Vivi or Steiner! I just want to see somebody I know...

Bomb: Grrr!

Eiko: Oh, uh...

Eiko: S-sorry for bothering you. So, uh... Catch ya later?

Bomb: Screee!

Eiko: Ahhh! Help! P-please don't eat me!

Eiko: Zidane!

Zidane: Eiko!? Is that really you?

Eiko: Finally! I've been looking all over for you, Zidane!

Vivi: We had no idea you were even here! I'm so glad you're okay.

Eiko: Do I look okay?

Eiko: I was so lonely...and hungry... *sniffle*...and a monster even tried to eat me.

Vivi: I...I'm sorry you had to go through that.

Eiko: By the way, what do you mean by "here"? Where are we? could someone tell me what's going on?

Mog: I can do that, kupo!

Eiko: Hey, a moogle! I feel better already.

Cecil: What a cheerful young girl you are. Are you one of Vivi's friends?

Eiko: Hmph! Me, interested in a little kid like Vivi? Don't make me laugh!

Eiko: There's only one man for me. He's older, brave, and has a tail...

Tifa: Zidane! She's just a little girl!

Zidane: Whoa! Hold up! It's not what you think!

Eiko: Then what is it!?

Mog: Kupo! Can I please explain—

Eiko: Two people once separated only to be reunited in a faraway world...

Eiko: Isn't it romantic!? I've always dreamed about this moment!

Mog: Great! So you'll join us, kupo?

Eiko: Of course! Wherever Zidane goes, I go!

Bartz: Looks like someone's got a crush on you, Zidane.

Zidane: Haha, yeah... It's tough being so popular sometimes.

Eiko: I'll be friends with the rest of you, too! After all, Zidane's friends are my friends!

Yuna: I'm looking forward to getting to know you, Eiko.

Eiko: Hmmm...

Yuna: I-is something the matter? Did I say something strange?

Eiko: Looks like I've got myself a rival—a beautiful one at that. Just great.

Eiko: Zidane, a word, please!

Zidane: Ugh... Why me?

Yuffie: Eiko, this has been nagging at me, but...

Yuffie: What's with the horn? Is that a hair accessory?

Eiko: Nope, it's stuck to my head.

Eiko: I can use it to talk to eidolons. I am a summoner, after all!

Cecil: Summoners in your world have horns?

Eiko: Why are you so surprised? Everybody knows that.

Cecil: Is that so...?

Yuna: There's a tribe in my world who have horns, but it doesn't have anything to do with being a summoner.

Eiko: Wow, really? You can talk to eidolons even without a horn?

Yuna: Yes, we travel to all the temples around the world to offer our prayers to the aeons.

Yuna: In order to acquire the Final Aeon, the only way to...save the world.

Eiko: Hmmm, sounds rough.

Eiko: Hm? "We"? You mean there are lots of summoners other than you?

Yuna: Yes, we all make the same pilgrimage.

Eiko: Lots of summoners... A world where you won't be lonely...

Eiko: Are other worlds like that? What about yours, Yuffie?

Yuffie: We don't have summoners to begin with.

Tifa: If you've got the materia, you can use summoning magic.

Eiko: Anyone can use it!?

Eiko: Talk about culture shock. There are all sorts of worlds out there.

Sazh: Heh heh! Bet you didn't know I'm a summoner, too.

Sazh: Come forth, Chocobo Chick! Not bad, eh?

Eiko: Wow! So cute! Does it have a name?

Yuffie: Oh, nice going, Pops! You know your way to grab the kidlets' hearts.

Yuna: The chick and Eiko are cute, aren't they?

Cecil: Quite. She's always trying so hard, it's nice to see a childlike smile for a change.

Bartz: Ughhh... I'm hungry. Wish I had something to eat...

Vaan: The beasts here don't make for good cooking, so there's no use in hunting them.

Eiko: Sorry to keep you waiting!

Eiko: The rock-fisted potato stew is ready! Come and get it before it gets cold!

Bartz: Did you say stew?

Eiko: It's my specialty! I gathered all the ingredients and put my heart into it!

Vivi: I gathered most of—

Eiko: Pardon?

Vivi: Uh...never mind...

Bartz: Hooray! Stew! I'm gonna eat till I pop!

Vaan: Hey, wait! No fair getting a head start!

Terra: Hehe. Isn't everyone cheerful?

Bartz: Woof, am I stuffed! I can't remember the last time I ate like this!

Terra: Thank you, Eiko. It was delicious.

Eiko: Gosh! Really?

Zidane: Yeah, it didn't have any "interesting" seasonings today.

Eiko: Well, what else would you expect from a proper lady?

Vaan: Traveling with you means we get to eat like this?

Bartz: Man, Zidane and Vivi, you guys have it made!

Eiko: Hehehe, right? I'll cook for you anytime you ask, so don't hesitate!

Vivi: (I guess that means I've got to gather ingredients again.)

Zidane: (I'll pitch in next time.)

Terra: Everyone looks so happy. I suppose I should give cooking a try...

Mog: We did it! Everything is going according to plan, kupo! The Torsions will all be sealed in no time.

Eiko: Wow, you're amazing!

Eiko: Hey, you have friends and family too, right? Can I meet them?

Mog: F-friends, kupo? Family, kupo?

Mog: I don't have either of those things... I'm just a messenger for the goddess Materia.

Eiko: Really? That's strange.

Eiko: Oh, I know! You can come to my house, then! Everyone in my village is a moogle!

Terra: A village full of moogles?

Vivi: Yeah, they're her family.

Terra: I'm so jealous.

Zidane: Where we're from, there are moogles everywhere, doing any job you can imagine.

Zidane: Postal workers, merchants, travelers, you name it.

Bartz: Huh, I had no idea moogles were so different in each world.

Eiko: It doesn't matter where they're from! They're all the same to me, and I'll always be their friend!

Eiko: Oh yeah! I have something I wanna give you!

Eiko: Here, to new friends. It's a kupo nut! Go on, eat up!

Mog: A kupo nut...kupo?

Mog: Kupo! This is delicious! I love it, kupo!

Eiko: Amazing, right? I'll give you another one after we seal the next Torsion!

Mog: I feel like a new moogle! Come on, follow me, kupo!

Zidane: That's Eiko for ya. She's really good with moogles.

Terra: ...I wish I could have a kupo nut.

???: Man... I'm tired of this.

???: Seriously though, where am I?

???: And what was with that puppet back there?

???: I mean, it was like talking to a brick wall. There was something familiar about it though.

???: Anyway, I have to find Yuna. If only there were some way to—

???: Wait, I got it!

???: Well, that didn't work.

???: Don't tell me I'm on my own.

???: Argh! Where is everybody!?

Zidane: Yuna? What are you doing all by yourself?

Yuna: I'm trying to find him. He might have been summoned to this world, too.

Zidane: Oh... Well, good luck with that.

Edge: G-get away from me! I said I don't want to fight you!

???: Nice try, puppet! You can't fool me!

Yuna: That voice! Is that—!?

Zidane: C'mon, let's go!

Zidane: Edge, are you all right!?

Yuna: Tidus!

Tidus: Yuna!?

Edge: You know this guy? Then can you tell him to back off? He came out of nowhere and started attacking me!

Yuna: I just knew we would find each other.

Tidus: Is that really you, Yuna?

Yuna: Of course, it's me! I'm so happy to see you, Tidus.

Mog: Hooray for reunions! I think I'm going to cry, kupo!

Zidane: Oh, so this is who you were looking for. Glad you found each other.

Tidus: So those humanoid monsters are called manikins, huh?

Edge: Yeah, and you better not confuse me for one again!

Tidus: I'm really sorry about that.

Edge: Hmph!

Tidus: So, Yuna...

Tidus: Is that Seymour behind you real or not?

Manikin: Death...awaits...you!

Mog: Th-that's a manikin, kupo!

Zidane: Well, still beats the real thing.

Tidus: You guys met Seymour? Guess you know what kind of a man he is too, then!

Tidus: Real or fake, we've gotta stop him.

Tidus: So make room for me! I'll show you just how quick I really am!

King: Wakka, I've been wondering... What's your ball for? It doesn't look like it was made for battle...

Wakka: This is an official match blitzball... ...Wait, that probably means squat to ya, huh...

Tidus: Me and Wakka are both blitzball athletes!

Firion: Athletes...? I took you for warriors...

Yuna: Blitzball is a sport played with that ball.

Yuna: The field is underwater, and you compete to steal the ball and bring it to a goal to score points.

Yuna: It's quite popular in our world, and the best athletes will compete in tournaments in front of spectators.

Wakka: Thanks, Yuna. I still forget this isn't Spira.

Tidus: And I'm the star of my team! Number one in fans and skill!

Firion: You don't say... So that's where you get your agility.

King: Underwater competition, huh...? Is it for some kind of training?

Wakka: Entertainment...I guess. Like a festival.

Wakka: It's our job as players to give the fans a good game.

Tidus: Wanna give it a try? I bet you two'd be good at it.

King: ...Should the opportunity arise.

Firion: Competing in front of people brings back some unpleasant memories...

King: Your home world was peaceful enough to hold sports tournaments?

Wakka: Not exactly. Ya never know when Sin—uhhh, when a big monster might attack.

Yuna: I think it's something to rely on...

Yuna: When you live in fear every day, watching blitzball can cheer you up.

Firion: A job that cheers people up? That sounds right up Tidus's alley.

Tidus: Ha ha... I don't really think that much about it during a match.

Tidus: But if I can cheer people up, I won't complain.

Firion: I can tell you're skilled by the way you move, and I know nothing about the game. It must be fun to watch.

Tidus: You bet it is. I can't wait to get in front of the crowds again!

Onion Knight: Tidus, you're from the same world as Seymour, right?

Onion Knight: It sounds like you were on opposite sides, but what did he do back then?

Tidus: I think he was somebody important. Yuna seemed to respect him originally...

Shantotto: "Maester" she called him as I hear it. Was he a sort of guiding spirit?

Tidus: Maybe... Everyone trusted him, I guess.

Penelo: Even though we're talking about your home world, you don't sound so sure.

Tidus: I don't know all there is about Spira.

Galuf: Amnesia?

Tidus: That's my story, but not actually.

Tidus: Zanarkand— ...The place I'm from is completely different from where Yuna and Wakka grew up.

Galuf: Hmm... So you have disparate backgrounds.

Shantotto: And you as an alien would pick up on points to them less salient?

Tidus: I couldn't buy what Seymour was selling.

Onion Knight: Release in death, right? It's a hard sell for us, too.

Onion Knight: Don't tell me Yuna and Wakka bought into that.

Tidus: I wouldn't say they bought it, but in Spira...death is always close at hand.

Tidus: Yuna was ready to sacrifice herself to save everybody else.

Penelo: That's awful... What's the point of protecting someone if you can't be there with them?

Tidus: Everyone thought there's no other way.

Shantotto: With death always close at hand, we all would be better off dead...

Shantotto: ...is the train of thought I suspect runs through Seymour's head.

Galuf: And he'd still push that thought in this world... He's not one to be trusted.

Onion Knight: Though I agree with not wanting to be a slave to the gods.

Penelo: ...He scares me.

Penelo: The heart stops moving in the dead. There's no way for us to tell if they're happy or not...

Shantotto: If Mog can find a use for him, then use him he would.

Shantotto: But that doesn't mean trusting him would do us any good.

Onion Knight: If he's up to something, you guys would notice it first. When that time comes, we're counting on you.

Tidus: You got it.

Tidus: I'm not gonna let him "ease" any of our "suffering."

Tidus: What is Seymour doing here, anyway? What's he want from us?

Yuna: Our lives.

Zidane: He said that we were servants to the gods and that we were better off dead.

Tidus: I sure hope we don't run into him anytime soon.

Mog: Yeah, he's a very dangerous person, kupo. And rude at that!

???: Hmph.

Seymour: Death is the ultimate liberation from suffering. Why can't you see that?

Tidus: Seymour!?

Seymour: Ah, so you were summoned as well?

Seymour: How amusing. The gods of this world must need all the help they can get.

Cecil: Take that back! Tidus is a warrior of remarkable skill.

Tidus: I knew there was a reason I never liked you!

Seymour: Say what you will—for even those thoughts are but a passing dream.

Seymour: Now, Lady Yuna, let us put an end to this futile struggle.

Seymour: Embrace the eternal slumber that awaits you.

Tidus: Lay one finger on her, and you're dead!

Yuna: Maester Seymour, I can't let you do that.

Cecil: Our lives are not ours to throw away anymore.

Seymour: Servants of the gods—it seems I must release you from your pain.

Zidane: Well, you heard him, Tidus. What're you gonna do?

Tidus: I'm Yuna's guardian. I'll protect her no matter what happens.

Tidus: Seymour! It's over for you!

Seymour: There is no use in fighting it.

Seymour: Come, death shall carry you off into a sweet slumber!

Seymour: How could I lose to you mindless pawns?

King: Who are you calling a mindless pawn? It's my choice to be here!

Seymour: Poor creatures, bound by the shackles of life...

Seymour: The time for liberation is near.

Tidus: Wait! Seymour, come back!

Sazh: *Sigh* He sure comes and goes as he pleases.

Mog: Monsters aren't our only problem, kupo. Who knows when he'll show up again.

Sazh: It's gonna be a tough journey, kid. You up for it?

Tidus: Bring it on.

Tidus: I told you guys already. I'm gonna protect Yuna no matter what.

Yuna: Tidus...

King: Looks like it's settled then.

Tidus: From now on, we're a team.

Tidus: And what kind of star player would I be if I didn't look out for you guys? Let's do this!

Mog: Yay! Welcome to our team, kupo!

Mog: There's a Torsion in here, kupo! I can feel it!

Penelo: No one let your guard down. Who knows what might be lurking in the shadows.

???: Raaaaaah!

???: ...Rah? The heck are you guys?

King: The heck are you?

Prishe: I'm Prishe! My fists and I are cleaning up the monsters around here. Nice to meet ya!

Onion Knight: Well, aren't you the cheerful one.

Warrior of Light: I sense an exceptional power within her—something grand.

Warrior of Light: And...

Prishe: Hm? What's up? Something on my face?

Warrior of Light: No, it's nothing.

King: At the very least, it doesn't look like you're the enemy. ...Care to join us?

Mog: I can sense the light within her! She's one of us, kupo!

Warrior of Light: Prishe, we are also on a journey to defeat the monsters that terrorize this world.

Prishe: Really? What a coincidence!

Prishe: Looks like there's only one way to settle this: first one to defeat all the monsters wins!

Penelo: W-wait... You're turning this into a game?

Prishe: Yep! What better motivation than a little competition?

Prishe: Well, catch ya later! Don't get yourselves killed!

Prishe: You monsters are gonna be sorry when I find you!

Mog: She could have at least listened to what I had to say, kupo.

Onion Knight: We'll just have to explain things next time we run into her.

Prishe: Ughhh... It's not...over yet.

Yang: Prishe!?

Shantotto: Oh, what is this I see? Already giving up on your killing spree?

Prishe: If only...I had something to eat...I wouldn't have lost.

Zidane: Something to eat? What, you trying to feed the monsters or something?

Prishe: No, you dummy! Something for me to eat!

Prishe: I'm so hungry I can barely move. You guys got anything?

Warrior of Light: Very well. You may eat with us.

Yang: Mog, let us feast and appease her hunger.

Mog: Right on it, kupo!

Prishe: Wow, that was delicious! Thanks a bunch.

Mog: Kupo! You almost cleaned us out.

Prishe: My bad! I haven't had anything in days! Not a single eatery in sight around here.

Zidane: So I'm guessing you came here from another world, too?

Prishe: Another world? The heck you talking about?

Yang: I know this may surprise you, but you have been summoned to another world.

Mog: We're searching for people like you to help us close the Torsions, kupo.

Prishe: Oh, okay! I don't get it, but gotcha!

Zidane: Which?

Prishe: I mean I don't really understand what's going on, but I totally get that you need my help.

Warrior of Light: That should do for now.

Prishe: Have no fear, Prishe is here! One good Howling Fist and those monsters are toast!

Shantotto: That's a rather optimistic mood when just moments ago you were crying for food.

Prishe: Heh! I'm countin' on you guys to keep me full!

Zidane: I hope there's enough for the rest of us...

Prishe: Ughhh... So hungry...

Penelo: But we just ate. You sure are a bundle of energy.

Prishe: That doesn't change the fact that— ...Hm?

Prishe: Sniff... Sniff sniff sniff...

Prishe: Ahhh! Y-you!

Steiner: M-me!?

Prishe: You smell like food! Let me have some, too!

Steiner: I beg your pardon? I don't see how I could possibly smell of... Ah!

Steiner: I-I cannot! These pickles are my treasure!

Layle: A faint stench just wafted this way. You sure those are edible?

Tifa: They don't look that tasty...

Steiner: These are the specialty of a certain city in our world! A divisive delicacy, to be sure, but they are my favorite!

Prishe: Ahhh! That aroma is riling up my appetite! Leeet meee have some!

Steiner: Lady Prishe, I do believe we will get along well together.

Steiner: Be that as it may...since coming to this world, I fear these pickles are an unobtainable commodity...

Steiner: Therefore I, too, have chosen to refrain from eating any! Lady Prishe, I beg your understanding!

Prishe: Hrmmm... Alright. If that's the way it is, I guess them's the breaks.

Prishe: But I'm hungry I'm hungry I'm hungry!

Layle: Here we go again.

Prishe: I wanna eat behemoth steak! A prime cut with all that marbling!

Vaan: Behemoth is good, isn't it? Tasty, and fetches a nice price at the bazaar.

Tifa: Huh!? You can eat behemoth!?

Penelo: It's a prized foodstuff in our world at least...

Vaan: It sounds like it is in Prishe's, too. You mean you guys don't eat it?

Layle: You can't be serious...

Prishe: We need a behemoth... I need to show you all what you're missing.

Tifa: I think I'll pass.

Steiner: Hmm, I see, I see. This sounds like another delicacy.

Steiner: I think I know someone who would be delighted to hear about this...

Firion: Hunting down a Torsion in a palace this big is no easy task.

Firion: How is everyone holding up? If you need to take a break, just—

Firion: ...Wait, where's Prishe?

Mog: Kupo! She was just here!

Galuf: Hrm. I didn't even notice she was gone. How unobservant of me.

King: Unilateral action during an operation poses a very real hazard. What could she be thinking...?

Zell: I wouldn't worry. She'll turn up before you know it.

Prishe: Heyyy, guys!

Zell: See? Back already.

Mog: Kupooo! Acting on your own is a problem, kupo! Don't run off like that!

Prishe: Yeah, whatever you say! I just did a quick lap around the place! Found the Torsion, too!

Mog: One hundred percent unapologetic, kupo...

Galuf: You covered the entire palace? Astonishing. And you were fine all by yourself?

Prishe: Huh? Sure, why not?

Prishe: Being alone's never been something for me to worry about.

Firion: Don't tell me you closed the Torsion all by yourself, too. That would be far too reckless...

Prishe: Heck, no! It's more fun when everyone else is there, too!

Zell: Heheh, mighty kind of ya! Let me in on that action, too!

Prishe: You got it! The Torsion's this way! Follow me!

Galuf: Goodness gracious. Pep in spades, that one. I'm impressed...

King: Let's keep up.

Firion: ...I guess that means everyone's holding up well.

Mog: Kupo! That doesn't fix my mood, kupo!

Firion: Hey, all's well that ends well. We found the Torsion thanks to her, too.

Mog: That's true, kupo, but...

Firion: Cheer up. Let's go.

Mog: We sealed the Torsion, kupo!

Prishe: Heh, I even amaze myself sometimes!

Prishe: All right, then. Time to eat!

Hope: She sure doesn't hold back how she feels.

Rem: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Prishe: Oh?

Prishe: Rem, are you jealous?

Rem: Huh!? H-how did you know!?

Prishe: I know what people are thinking. Not like I want to though. It just happens.

Warrior of Light: Are you implying that you can read minds?

Prishe: Nothin' so fancy as that. Let's just say I went through a lot when I was young.

Bartz: When you were young? You still look plenty young to me.

Rem: It sounds like there's a lot more to you than meets the eye.

Prishe: Yeah, but don't worry about it. Just 'cause I can read your mind doesn't mean I'm gonna do something funny.

Prishe: I don't like snooping into other people's business, and besides...I honestly don't care what other people think.

Prishe: Anyway, let's get something to eat! I'm starving!

Hope: I'm not sure I can keep up with her...

Prishe: Oh, come on! Don't be like that! Let's be friends!

Prishe: Things are about to get exciting! I can feel it.

Mog: I hope she didn't read my mind, kupo...

Zidane: Guys, I think I see someone! Come on, they might be hurt!

Mog: We have to help them, kupo!

Zidane: Are you all right? Hey!

Bartz: Whoa! Hold up. That looks like—Faris!?

Tifa: Somebody you know?

Bartz: Yeah, we traveled the world together back home.

Bartz: Faris, you okay!? It's me, Bartz!

Bartz: This isn't good. Breathing, but barely. We've gotta do something.

Tifa: He must have nearly drowned...which leaves us with only one choice.

Cloud: What are you looking at me for?

Tifa: You know mouth-to-mouth.

Zidane: Did somebody say "mouth-to-mouth"? Like mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?

Zidane: Don't you worry! One hot resuscitation coming right up!

Faris: Ungh... Where am I?

Cloud: Looks like you're off the hook.

Zidane: Guess I am...

Mog: I can sense the light in this one as well. First aid on the double, kupo!

Zidane: I've got this! A little potion here, and...

Zidane: ...But gosh, what a looker.

Bartz: You're gonna get it if you keep gawking.

Zidane: Uh-oh, I've gotta watch out for the bodyguard, too.

Rem: Bodyguard? What's he talking about?

Cloud: Beats me.

Rem: Zidane doesn't usually get this excited around other guys...

Cloud: Maybe he switched sides.

Steiner: Hmmm...

Y'shtola: Is there something on your mind?

Steiner: I'm worried about my subordinates in the Knights of Pluto back home. I hope they're doing all right without me.

Bartz: Hey, everybody!

Bartz: Faris finally woke up.

Zidane: Hey, there! I'm glad you're okay.

Faris: I was told you all helped me. Please allow me to express my gratitude.

Faris: I'm the pirate captain Faris. Nice to meet you.

Steiner: A pirate!?

Faris: My ship was sucked into a strange whirlpool, and I was separated from my men.

Faris: I found myself in unknown waters where my ship was attacked by monsters. I barely escaped with my life.

Faris: ...Is something the matter?

Steiner: Indeed, there is! I have no interest in consorting with the likes of a criminal! Begone!

Zidane: Oh brother, there he goes again.

Vaan: You know, I'm a sky pirate. Should I be gone, too?

Steiner: Ack! N-now that you mention it...!

Y'shtola: You were unaware till this moment?

Steiner: Sea pirates, sky pirates, bandits... Why do I attract so many ne'er-do-wells?

Bartz: Don't sweat the small stuff. Faris, you're coming with us, right?

Faris: The monsters are coming out of those Torsions you spoke of, aye? Payback is in order for what they did to my ship.

Faris: I'm happy to see you, but I'm worried about my men...

Steiner: You say...you're worried about your men?

Faris: Aye, the whirlpool that got my ship might have gotten the lads as well.

Steiner: ...The compassion you have for your subordinates is most admirable...

Steiner: Master Faris, please forgive my insolence! I must extend my most sincere—

Faris: Oh, shove off. You don't need to apologize.

Faris: Anyway, I know my way around water. If you need a fella to help clean up the monsters around here, look no further!

Zidane: Great! Can't wait to see you at work!

Y'shtola: ..."Fella," is it? I see.

Laguna: Hey, Eiko, you hanging in there?

Eiko: Y-yeah! I'm fine!

Squall: You aren't having trouble keeping up with our grown-up steps?

Eiko: Of course not! I'm already grown-up anyway!

Yuffie: That's what a kid would say...

Faris: We'll be walking a while longer. Don't push yourself.

Firion: You know, Faris, you're awfully nice for a pirate.

Faris: What's that supposed to mean, "For a pirate"?

Firion: I have a lot...rougher impression of pirates. A band of them nearly robbed me blind once...

Faris: Ahh, now I see.

Faris: Aye, I'm a pirate. But that doesn't mean I assault anyone and everyone.

Faris: Naturally I'd be concerned for my comrades, hear?

Faris: Pirates raised me from a wee brat... The crew's like my family.

Yuffie: I get it. You're like a pirate among pirates.

Yuffie: Oh, yeah! I've got a pirate question! What's the trick for guaranteed treasure stealing!?

Faris: Trick to stealing? I wish I knew.

Faris: Once your prey is in your sights, it's yours! Something in that spirit is probably important.

Yuffie: Gee, I didn't expect a motivational slogan...

Faris: ...But anyway, Yuffie, let me say this much.

Faris: You must never steal from the weak or the poor. Never forget your honor under any circumstances.

Yuffie: O-okay...I'll keep that in mind...

Eiko: Hmm, what a tour de force. There's nothing like the real thing.

Squall: ...Do you know what she's talking about?

Laguna: Ooh! Straight from the pulpit, too! It's not every day you get to meet a really real pirate!

Laguna: That settles it! When I get back home, I'm gonna write up a full piece on you!

Laguna: I'll call it: "The Pirate Way - A True Story"! Oh man, it'll fly off the racks!

Squall: (...Who would read that...?)

Faris: Do as you like...

Galuf: How are you doing, Faris? Getting along well with your new party?

Faris: Aye, swimmingly. More'n a few odd ones...but it's a good-natured lot.

Bartz: Really? That's good to hear!

Bartz: Huh? What's that?

Tidus: Whew! Haven't had a refreshing swim like that in forever! Nothing beats the ocean!

Galuf: A leisurely dip must be nice...

Tidus: I don't know about "leisurely." I gotta keep up with my training, too.

Tidus: Oh, hey! Faris, how about a lap or two? I'll bet pirates are ace swimmers!

Faris: I'll...take a rain check. I'd drown in these clothes, after all.

Tidus: Those clothes? Just go in your skivvies then.

Faris: Er, well... I, uh...

Tidus: ...? Well, it was just a suggestion.

Tidus: Anyway, I'm going back in!

Galuf: ...Not everyone's picked up on it yet, eh?

Bartz: It's up to Faris to say something whenever the time is right, right?

Faris: ...If only I knew whenever that time might be. I can tell no one here would give me grief about it, but even so...

Vivi: Hey, guys!

Vivi: Let's build a sand castle! A real big one!

Eiko: Sand castles are so childish...

Eiko: But if we're gonna build one, we're gonna do it right!

Vivi: It was your idea in the first place...

Bartz: A sand castle? Count me in!

Vivi: Mr. Galuf, Miss Faris, you guys come, too! We'll be waiting for you!

Faris: Did he just call me..."Miss"?

Galuf: Ho ho ho! There's no fooling the eyes of a child!

Faris: We're coming for you, Lamia Queen! Don't let up, you landlubbers!

Zidane: Heh heh.

Faris: ...What're you smirking about?

Zidane: Oh, nothing. Just thinking how nice it is to be around a swashbuckling sweetie for a change.

Faris: A what...!?

Sazh: Zidane, you feelin' alright? I get Faris is good looking...but a "sweetie"?

Tifa: Hold on... Faris, are you a woman?

Faris: ...Well, looks like the cat's outta the bag.

Sazh: R-really!?

Faris: You got a problem with it?

Tifa: Bartz, why didn't you say anything!?

Bartz: I didn't know I was supposed to?

Cloud: How did you know?

Zidane: Cloud, Cloud, Cloud... Who do you think I am? I know a lady when I see one.

Cloud: ...Figures.

Tifa: But Faris, why'd you let us think you're a man?

Faris: It's how I grew up. Would you want to be the only girl on a ship full of pirates?

Sazh: Seriously?

Cloud: You didn't have a choice. But you don't need to pretend you're someone else around us.

Tifa: Well aren't you the sweetest? Or are you saying that because you've been in her shoes?

Bartz: Her shoes? Cloud, don't tell me...

Sazh: I don't know what to believe anymore.

Cloud: ...Sometimes you don't have a choice.

Bartz: Anyway, no more secrets! We're all in this together!

Sazh: I don't think I can handle any more secrets from this group...

Vivi: What an eerie castle.

Zidane: Careful, Vivi. It's probably haunted.

Cloud: Who cares? We fight monsters every day.

Warrior of Light: A departed spirit could still prove to be a threat.

Zidane: Right? So as I was saying, we need to—

Zidane: Ghost!

???: Stop right there, bandits, or die in obscurity!

Cloud: Bandits? Zidane, you do something to this guy?

Zidane: No way! ...I think. I mean, I'm pretty sure I didn't...

Vivi: Are you...a ghost?

Warrior of Light: No, he's human.

???: A swordsman, a knight, and a black mage... They must have banded together and turned this abandoned castle into their headquarters.

Ramza: I am Ramza Beoulve. I cannot allow those who bring chaos to threaten the lives of the people!

Cloud: He thinks we're bandits. What do you want to do?

Zidane: Guess we'll just have to knock some sense into him.

Warrior of Light: Prepare for battle!

Ramza: It's not...over yet!

Hope: Excuse me, but are you okay? You know, we don't want to fight—

Ramza: Vile bandits—using children to do their dirty work.

Penelo: Ramza, can we talk?

Mog: Is everybody okay, kupo!?

Ramza: A moogle!? It can't be! The last of their race should have expired long ago!

Mog: Maybe in your world, kupo.

Ramza: In my world? What do you mean by that?

Ramza: I remember now. I was sucked into some sort of giant portal.

Ramza: At the time, I thought it an illusion cast by a hostile mage.

Ramza: But it appears that it was a gate to another world—a land far different from Ivalice.

Vaan: ...Ivalice?

Zidane: We're actually on a journey to close those Torsions in order to protect this world and our own.

Ramza: I apologize for accusing you of being bandits.

Vaan: You're from Ivalice, too? Never seen anyone dressed like that before. What country are you from?

Ramza: Ivalice is the name of a kingdom. ...I don't understand your meaning.

Mog: It looks like your worlds have some things in common, but are in different dimensions and eras, kupo.

Vaan: Huh, didn't know that was a thing.

Ramza: So you're trying to save this world to protect your own, correct?

Ramza: May I join you? I'm certain I could be of service.

Mog: You also harbor the light, kupo! So of course, we'd love to have you!

Ramza: Thank you. I really appreciate it.

Ramza: I swear by my sword to fight only for what is just.

Cloud: The Torsion is close.

Squall: ...Yeah. Time to check our gear...right?

Ramza: A level-headed assessment of the situation. It is heartening to have you two at our sides.

Ramza: Your fine sword arms attest to the wealth of experience under your belts.

Squall: ...That's what I trained for. I'm a mercenary.

Ramza: Of course. That makes sense.

Ramza: I trained at military akademy and now make my way as a mercenary also.

Ramza: I sense our lots are not so different.

Ramza: Which reminds me. Lightning, I have been meaning to ask:

Ramza: It is quite a curious blade you swing; can I assume you also undertook some special study?

Lightning: It's issue from the Guardian Corps I belonged to back home.

Lightning: I'm a soldier, deployed wherever I was needed. Mainly patrolling the frontier and controlling wildlife...

Ramza: I see... It must have been hard on you.

Lightning: There's something I want to protect. I never thought it hard.

Ramza: Something to protect... A comrade I have...you remind me of her.

Tidus: Mercenaries and soldiers... Heck if I get where you all're coming from.

Vaan: If knights count, I know one. Though I guess you could say he's kind of unemployed at the moment...

Ramza: You haven't martial backgrounds? Then where learnt you your swordsmanship?

Tidus: I'm just a blitzball player. When it comes to swords, I'm a total amateur.

Ramza: An amateur!? And yet you're able to hold your own against these beasts!?

Tidus: There weren't any other options the first time someone stuck a sword in my hands...

Tidus: Guess it just comes down to guts!

Ramza: And what about you, Vaan? Had you a teacher?

Vaan: I watched Penelo learning basic self-defense... Oh, and maybe picked up a thing or two hunting.

Ramza: To grow so capable on self-instruction... One truly can draw on all sorts of experiences in battle.

Ramza: It would seem there is yet much for me to learn here. Tidus, might you teach me this blitzball when you have the time?

Tidus: Huh? You wanna play blitzball?

Ramza: And Vaan, too—I would be ever so pleased if you would impart unto me the secrets of hunting.

Vaan: I don't know if there's any secrets to it... You just hunt.

Lightning: ...Don't push yourself, kid. Being a perfect mimic doesn't necessarily make you any mightier.

Edgar: Ah, Vanille, won't you set my heart alight with sweet nothings?

Vanille: Huh? I'm, uh, not sure I follow you.

Edge: With you around, even this run-down castle looks like a sparkling palace!

Vanille: Wow, this old dump? You've sure got a rosy view of the world.

Edge: ...A tough nut, this one.

Edgar: You can say that again...

Ramza: How are they able to engage in such frivolity in the height of our conflict...?

Balthier: Not to your taste, Mr. Mercenary? Or envious, rather?

Irvine: You know, Edgar and Edge both—one's a king and the other's a prince. World's a funny place, ain't it?

Ramza: A king and a prince!? Those two!?

Balthier: That surprising, is it?

Ramza: Where I come from, to see royalty making merriment with commoners would be unthinkable.

Edge: The heck? What a dull world that must be.

Edgar: Titles are trivial. Feed them to the monsters for all I care.

Vanille: You won't see me paying them any mind.

Ramza: But if one does not carry one's self in a manner appropriate his station...

Balthier: Stubborn one, aren't we? Try looking at the man rather than the title.

Balthier: We have here a skirt-chasing king and profligate prince. ...They're whom you would hold in esteem?

Ramza: Er...well...

Edge: Hey! Don't you lump me in with those bozos, whoever they are!

Irvine: Anyway, a king or a prince or whatever is still just a human after all.

Ramza: Just a human...blue-blooded though they may be...

Ramza: Have I been too caught up in notions of station...?

Vanille: Uh-oh, I think he's brooding...

Balthier: Perhaps rightly so...

Balthier: Old habits die hard. Simply try taking things a mite easier for now, eh?

Ramza: The concepts of borders and social status don't exist in this world? ...So that's why there's no war.

Rem: Your world is at war, as well?

Ramza: Yes—a fruitless battle where countless innocent people suffer and die because of the warped views of a few.

Ramza: Rem am I right to assume that your world too is...?

Rem: Yes, Orience has long been at war...

Rem: So somewhere along the line, I stopped thinking about it. It looks like you're really working on making a difference though.

Ramza: I'm trying.

Laguna: Whoa, pretty heavy stuff to talk about for a bunch of kidlets.

Ramza: Laguna, you handle firearms. Am I correct to assume you spent time on the field of battle?

Laguna: That was a looong time ago. I quit the army and now I'm a journalist—ahem—a soon-to-be journalist!

Laguna: Maybe I'll write about my time here when I get home. Doubt anyone'd believe me though.

Ramza: Interesting... The way you have chosen to live your life has given me hope.

Ramza: Everyone in my world is prisoner to their birth or status, but I've always felt that was ridiculous.

Terra: It's never too late to start over in life. A certain someone once showed me that.

Terra: What's important is not your past, but your future.

Vivi: Yeah... I feel the same way.

Vivi: I used to worry over and over about why I was born and what was going to happen to me when I expire.

Vivi: But as time went by, talking to my friends, I realized that worrying about it was pointless.

Rem: We can't choose why we were born, but we can choose what to live for.

Ramza: Thank you, my new friends. You have given me the inspiration I needed.

Ramza: It is neither one's birth nor status that matters. What's important is how you live your life.

Mog: The light within Ramza is growing brighter by the second, kupo!

Bartz: Man, the breeze feels great. I bet Boko would love it out here.

Rem: That's your chocobo, right?

Bartz: Yeah, he's basically my best friend. We'd go everywhere together.

Bartz: I wonder what he's up to right now? I sure hope he's not lonely without me.

???: Kweeeh!

Mog: It came from over there, kupo!

Rem: It sounds like it's in trouble.

Bartz: Just you wait! I'm coming to save you!

Rem: Bartz!

Red Giant: ......

???: Not another step!

Chocobo: Kweh...

Bartz: We're here to help!

Rem: Ace!

Ace: Rem? Is that you!?

Ace: I need some backup!

Chocobo: Kw...eh...

Mog: It's hurt bad! We've gotta do something, kupo!

Bartz: We'll take care of the monster! You take care of the chocobo!

Ace: Thanks. I owe you one.

Bartz: All right, you giant hunk of scrap metal, let's do this!

Chocobo: Kweh...

Ace: Is there nothing we can do?

Ace: ...

Bartz: ...What's that?

Chocobo: Kweh...

Bartz: All right, I'll make sure to let him know.

Bartz: The chocobo wanted to thank you.

Ace: I'm sorry I couldn't save you.

Ace: If only I had gotten here a little faster...

Yuna: You did everything you could.

Ace: I was so relieved to see something I recognized in these unfamiliar lands...

Ace: When I saw it being attacked, I rushed over, but...

Cecil: You blame yourself for what happened?

Ace: I feel so powerless...

Cecil: You do not have to carry that burden alone.

Bartz: Yeah, we're all in this together. So what do you say? Wanna come with us?

Bartz: You don't mind, right, Mog?

Mog: The more the merrier, kupo. I can feel a gentle, warm light radiating from him as well.

Bartz: Further proof that you can't love chocobos and be a bad person, huh?

Yuna: Your kindness is a powerful tool—one that I'm sure will save many.

Ace: All right, I'll come with you. I'd like to hear more about this world as well.

Ace: Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I'm Ace. I'm an Agito Cadet at Akademeia just like Rem.

Bartz: Then it's settled. From now on, when you've got something to protect, we've got your back.

Ace: Thanks. I appreciate it.

Ace: I've been wondering. Who's your commander?

Vanille: Commander? No one in particular.

Ace: I thought so... A unit without a commander is pretty unusual.

Vivi: Why?

Ace: Each class in Akademeia has a commander under whose orders we operate, just like the main army.

Ace: The same for Class Zero. We were taught, even if we're strong individually, we can't act as a force without someone to unify us.

Edge: Oh-ho! I get it! In that case, let ol' Edge here take command!

Vanille: I can fight without your help. How's that sound?

Shantotto: No one orders me around.

Shadow: ...I'll pass.

Edge: Ha! I knew you'd say that! You guys aren't the type to take orders.

Ace: Everyone here is more like...an autonomous collective than troops.

Vanille: Although, hey, Shadow, don't you have a leader?

Shadow: A "client."

Shadow: He leaves it up to us how to carry out our operations.

Ace: You don't take orders, but act on your own judgment...

Ace: I wonder if I'm capable of that...

Shantotto: You know what I think of doing someone else's work? I could count on one hand how many stink bats I give.

Shantotto: You're in an entirely different world from that army now. You can at least decide on your own how to live.

Ace: I've never thought about it. I've always spent everything looking out for those around me...

Vanille: Looking out for others sounds fine to me.

Edge: Ain't that enough? Just keep living that way.

Ace: Do you really think so...?

Vivi: Yeah! It sounds just like you, too!

Ace: ...Thank you. I wouldn't have expected to find an answer so close at hand.

Ace: I'll fight to protect my friends. That's how I'll live.

Chocobo: Kweh kweeh! Kweeh!

Mog: Kupo, kupo... Okay, got it, kupo!

Ace: Mog, what are you discussing?

Mog: Kupo! We just got some good intel, kupo!

Mog: They said, "There are really strong monsters pas here, so be careful," kupo!

Tidus: Really? Glad we found out sooner than later.

Bartz: Thanks! You two make for fine chocobo!

Chocobo: Kweh! Kweeeh!

Ace: Wh-what's this all of a sudden?

Mog: Kupo! They've sure taken a liking to you, kupo.

Ace: I can see that... But I didn't do anything.

Bartz: Maybe they can smell that other chocobo on you.

Ace: Smell?

Tidus: They think you're one of them!

Ace: ...I wonder about that.

Ace: I'm sorry I couldn't save your friend... Watch out for monsters, okay?

Chocobo: Kweh kweeh!

Ace: Come on, time to get going.

Mog: Let's get going ourselves! There's a Torsion nearby, kupo!

Bartz: Here we go!

Bartz: By the way, did they say anything about Boko?

Mog: I-I didn't ask, kupo...

Tidus: Hm? What's the matter? Did they peck you?

Ace: No, it's nothing...

Tidus: It doesn't look like nothing.

Ace: ...Really, please don't worry about it. Let's get going.

Tidus: ...He still feels bad about it. I guess I can't blame him...

Ace: ...It feels so weird.

Rem: What do you mean?

Ace: Everyone was right. This world isn't Orience.

Ace: I can still remember that chocobo who died.

Wakka: Course you do. Why wouldn't you?

King: In our world, we forget those who die.

Rem: It's the Crystal's way of protecting us from dwelling on the past so we can move forward.

Wakka: Gimme a break! That's insane!

Ace: It's normal for us though. All we can do is forget the past and move on.

Vivi: Hmm...

Vivi: I know how much it hurts when you lose someone close to you.

Vivi: But forgetting them sounds even worse. That's not weird, is it?

Wakka: No way I'd ever want to forget my little brother. I mean, course it still hurts, ya know? But...

Ace: I haven't been able to stop thinking about that chocobo. ...It's like there's a lump in my throat.

Vivi: But...I bet it's really happy to know that.

Ace: Happy?

Vivi: The chocobo. It can tell how much you cared.

King: The happiness of the deceased... Never thought about it that way.

Wakka: This is the first time you guys remember someone who died, ya?

Wakka: You rather you didn't remember? Is it better how things were in your world?

Ace: I don't know. It's something we'd take for granted, so I can't even compare.

Vivi: You never knew what it felt like to be left behind...

Ace: No, but as long as we're here, I'm sure we'll come to understand the feeling.

Wakka: Whoa, don't talk like that! We're not letting anyone die, hear?

Ace: Sorry. Of course I didn't mean it like that. I'm not going to let anyone get hurt.

Ace: It's just...if we can feel it, I think we can understand it.

Ace: If I ever feel this pain again...I'll be ready to accept it.

Mog: Spiritus said he still has use for Seymour.

Mog: We could really use his help too, kupo. If only I had the dimensional coordinates...

Shantotto: What a big mouth you have, my dear—as if you wanted us to hear.

Penelo: Hey, Mog? It kind of sounds like you want to be friends with Seymour.

Warrior of Light: But why, when that man would make enemies of us?

Mog: P-please don't look at me like that, kupo.

Mog: Our goal is to stop the Torsions from destroying the world, kupo.

King: And by any means, is it?

Shantotto: The hairball makes a fine point to discuss—that man possesses the same light as us.

Warrior of Light: Those who can seal the Torsions can open them as well. But even then...

Penelo: That man frightens me though. How can someone believe that death is a good thing?

Penelo: Besides, do you really think Yuna would be okay with that?

King: I'm with Penelo on this one. We don't even know what happened between them back in their world.

Shantotto: All our thoughts are mere idle chatter. What has the fellow in question to say on the matter?

Mog: Seymour was summoned to this world by a different god.

Mog: So he wouldn't necessarily join us. He'd just lend us a hand when we needed him, kupo.

Mog: That's why we can't force him to help.

King: Well we're not gonna get anywhere arguing about it here. I mean, we don't even know when we'll see him again, you know?

Penelo: Wait, Mog... Do you know something that we don't? Like—

Warrior of Light: Behind you!

Seymour: ...!

King: What a coincidence. ...Or is this actually what you were hoping for?

Mog: Th-this isn't exactly what I was expecting, kupo!

Penelo: Not "exactly," huh? Which means you were kind of expecting for this to happen?

Mog: N-no, that's not what I meant. Come on, you can trust me, kupo.

Seymour: Look who we have here. ...Hmph. It appears their trust in the moogle is wavering.

Seymour: Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise.

Yuna: Maester Seymour!? Is everyone okay!?

Seymour: Lady Yuna—always trying to protect others, even at the cost of your own life. Very well. I shall give you the death you so desire.

Warrior of Light: Everyone, on your guard!

Seymour: Do not tell me that's all you have got.

Seymour: Especially you—it is as though you have some doubt in what you call the "light."

Warrior of Light: Doubt? I...

Yuna: What's wrong? Everybody's acting funny.

Steiner: To tell the truth, Lady Yuna, Mog was talking about Seymour while you weren't here.

Steiner: He proposed that we get this scoundrel to help us.

Seymour: What?

Yuna: What!?

Mog: Everyone here was summoned to this world by a god—meaning everyone wields the power to seal the Torsions.

Seymour: Do not be absurd. What reason would I have to help you?

Seymour: Our visions are incompatible.

Onion Knight: Hey, it's not like I wanna be around you, either.

Onion Knight: But do you really think you can get anywhere by yourself?

Warrior of Light: You would be naive to trust this man.

Onion Knight: I just want to hear what he has to say. I don't plan on being friends with him.

Onion Knight: Mog said he doesn't have to come with us on our journey, but we could really use him in battle if he's willing.

Yuna: But why!? This isn't right!

Seymour: What's right in our eyes is none of his concern.

Onion Knight: With light, you have darkness. Harmony is only truly found in the balance of opposites.

Steiner: Maybe that's the case where you're from, but do you really believe that applies to this world as well?

Seymour: Hmph... Very well. The dimensional coordinates are yours.

Mog: Does that mean you'll help us, kupo!?

Yuna: This can't be! You can't trust that man!

Onion Knight: We won't let anything happen. We'll only summon him when we need him, right?

Mog: Exactly, kupo. It's only for when we need his help in battle.

Warrior of Light: But why would he agree to assist us so easily? Could it be to uncover Mog's motives?

Onion Knight: Probably something like that. ...And he probably wants to figure out what these gods are up to, as well.

Steiner: I understand this must be hard for you.

Yuna: For now, I just need some time to myself.

Warrior of Light: It troubles us as well. We mustn't let our guards down.

Wakka: Hey, Yuna. About Seymour... He hasn't tried anything funny yet, ya know?

Yuna: But who knows when he'll betray us. It's hard to fight when you always have to watch your back.

Cecil: Yes, it bothers me, too. His beliefs are far beyond odious.

Cecil: What was Mog thinking? Just what could he be preparing us to fight?

Firion: Our organization also had doubts about Mog's motives.

Wakka: The Returners, ya?

Firion: Shadow's already informed them about Seymour.

Shadow: Our client's a cautious man. I'm sure he'll be able to uncover the truth.

Yuna: We really don't know anything yet, do we?

Cecil: Right now, we basically share the same goal as Mog, so we're working together.

Cecil: But what happens if there's a conflict of interest?

Wakka: Yeah, what would we do in this deranged world without a guide? We'd be helpless.

Firion: If that ever happened, you could come join us. Right, Shadow?

Shadow: Not a bad idea.

Yuna: What we believe and who we protect is something we have to decide for ourselves.

Mog: Ready to go, kupo?

Cecil: Yes, let's go, everyone.

Firion: I want to believe that Mog's a good guy who's simply trying to protect the world, but...

Shadow: Let him continue thinking he has us right where he wants us. We'll find out soon enough.

Firion: You're right. He can't force us to do anything against our will.

Firion: We just need to keep an eye on Seymour...and Mog as well.

Shadow: That's what I plan to do.

Eiko: ...What should I do? I'm lost.

Eiko: Oooh! The nerve! How could they leave me behind like this!

Eiko: ...What...was that noise?

Eiko: Aiee! A giant monster! S-somebody help meee!

???: Get down.

Eiko: Huh!?

Eiko: Y-you're...

Seymour: All alone in a place like this... What happened to your friends?

Zidane: Eiko!!

Raijin: There she is! Missing child found, ya know!

Fujin: BESET?

Zidane: Seymour! What do you think you're doing!

Zidane: You won't be walking away from here if I don't like your answer!

Eiko: Zidane! You've got it all wrong!

Eiko: A monster was after me, and he saved me!

Zidane: What? This guy!?

Fujin: INEXPLICABLE.

Raijin: I get it! He had a change of heart, ya know?

Seymour: A change of heart? Hah. ...You are grossly mistaken.

Seymour: Were the girl to die, I do believe your morale would be shaken. That would be problematic.

Zidane: ...Exploitative as ever.

Seymour: ...Now, if you'll excuse me...

Eiko: W-wait!

Eiko: Um... Th-thanks for saving me...

Seymour: ...Keep your thanks. You shall meet your end by my hand in time...

Zidane: I can never tell what that snake is thinking...

Fujin: RESOLVED. FORGET.

Raijin: I know how ya feel, but all's well that ends well, ya know?

Zidane: Yeah...but still...

Tidus: Hrmmm... I still don't like it.

Yuna: You mean about Maester Seymour?

Tidus: I can't trust him. I get chills fighting alongside him.

Wakka: Mog made it clear he's only around to help in battle, but...

Wakka: It's a hard pill to swallow.

Edgar: Frankly, it surprised me, too, to hear Seymour would join this side.

Edgar: His ideology is madness itself.

Shantotto: In death, relief... Why does he so adhere to that belief?

Irvine: A duck as odd as that isn't so common. Did something happen back in your world?

Yuna: ...Maester Seymour has a mixed heritage, born of a human and another race known as the Guado.

Wakka: It was hoped he might be a bridge between the races.

Edgar: A bridge... I can appreciate that hope. ...I expect there were those prejudiced against it, too.

Yuna: Yes. In his youth, he was persecuted by the Guado for his impure ancestry.

Edgar: And from that trauma, he lost hope in life itself...?

Wakka: It almost sounds reasonable, talking to you like this. But to heck if we can understand it.

Shantotto: Ruin's aesthetic? How pathetic.

Irvine: Do you need to understand it?

Irvine: I mean, everybody has it rough at some time or another.

Irvine: The way I see it, life is about somehow getting over it and moving on.

Edgar: Agreed. Death accomplishes nothing, least of all relief...

Edgar: He's simply looking for a way to escape the realities before him.

Shantotto: And at others' expense. What utter nonsense.

Irvine: Though I doubt he'd accept our point of view all that easily.

Tidus: I just can't relax, waiting for him to stab us in the back in the middle of a fight...

Edgar: I wouldn't worry about that as long as Mog's intentions remain unclear.

Edgar: He wants to know of what use Mog and we can be to him.

Tidus: And what about when Mog's intentions do become clear? What then?

Shantotto: That ball's on Mog's ground.

Shantotto: And how long he plans to jerk us around.

Yuna: Anyway, for now, all we can do is wait and watch...

Steiner: Hrm, a decidedly spooky forest. It feels some ghoul could pop out at any moment.

Mog: They say that a mischievous ghost haunts these woods, kupo.

Steiner: What!? A gh-ghost, you say?

Steiner: Bah! Ridiculous! Ghosts aren't real. B-besides, even if they were, they'd b-be no match for me!

Mog: Er, right, kupo.

Mog: Now, come on! We'll never make it to the next Torsion if we're scared of a little ghost, kupo!

Steiner: Such a courageous moogle. I would do well to follow his example.

Steiner: Hm? Is something the matter?

Shadow: An unsettling presence approaches.

Steiner: What!? D-do you think it's the...!?

Mog: Help, kupo! A bear!

Shadow: A bear?

???: Stop right there! I'm not gonna let you get away!

Shadow: Sabin?

Mog: You know this bear, kupo?

Shadow: He's an ally from back home.

Steiner: Is that so? Thank goodness!

Sabin: Your "ally"? Don't make me laugh! Put your fists up!

Steiner: He's quite the aggressive one. Is he always like this?

Shadow: No, something's wrong.

Sabin: If it's three-on-three you want, you've got it!

Steiner: Are those manikins!? And that one looks just like him!

Shadow: What is Sabin doing with them?

Sabin: Hope you're ready to get suplexed!

Sabin: Ow, my head... Wh-where am I?

Terra: Sabin, are you okay?

Sabin: Hm? Terra?

Sabin: Whoa, it really is you! How long have you been here?

Terra: I've been here the entire time. You don't remember anything?

Sabin: Uh...

Firion: What's the last thing you remember?

Sabin: I remember coming to this forest to train.

Sabin: Then, some weird creature attacked me...and that's where everything starts to get a little fuzzy.

Wakka: Think it was that fabled ghost?

Mog: That must have been what it was, kupo! He was possessed!

Edge: Possessed!? That ghost sounds like a real jerk.

Sabin: Looks like you've got yourself a lot of new friends. Introduce me!

Firion: ...And that's why we have to seal the Torsions.

Sabin: Huh... Not entirely sure I get it, but count me in.

Wakka: Whoa, man! You sure you know what you're getting yourself into?

Terra: Sabin's not much of a thinker.

Edge: A real meathead, huh?

Mog: But it looks like even bears can bear the light, kupo!

Sabin: You're asking for it.

Mog: S-sorry, kupo.

Firion: There's a Torsion deep within the forest. Do you want to come with us?

Sabin: Yeah, of course. I'm never one to turn down a good ol' ghost hunt!

Wakka: Yeah, and look where that got you.

Sabin: Yahoo! Let's do this!

Terra: ...And that's how we close the Torsions.

Sabin: Great! So? How'd I do?

Yang: You're a seasoned warrior. It is an honor to fight by your side.

Sabin: Right!? Hard training doesn't lie. Let's show these guys what monks are made of!

Yda: Your appearance sure doesn't betray your passionate nature.

Yda: Slightly careless, but passionate nevertheless.

Sabin: Eh, I got a little possessed—big deal! Hahaha!

Penelo: He startled me when he attacked us, but he seems to be a good person.

Sabin: Hey, Shadow. My brother's somewhere in this world too, right?

Shadow: Correct. Firion and I are in his employ.

Sabin: And we're helping him by closing these portals, yeah?

Shadow: Yes.

Sabin: Looks like Edgar needs my help again! Things haven't changed a bit.

Sabin: My brother comes up with the plan, and I make it happen.

Yang: That's very admirable. Let's put our muscles to good use and help those in need!

Sabin: Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about!

Terra: It looks like these monks have a lot in common.

Penelo: Hey, now that I think about it...wasn't Yang also brainwashed when we first met him?

Terra: Do you think that means that martial artists are easy to manipulate?

Penelo: Then that would make their next target...

Yda: ...Why are you looking at me!?

Yda: No! No way! That would never happen to me!

Shadow: ...Let us move on.

Edgar: Well, I've succeeded in connecting with the moogle's party. What's next...?

Sabin: Edgar? What are you up to?

Edgar: Ah, Sabin. You look as good as ever.

Sabin: You, too! It's a different world, but I'm glad we're adventuring together again!

Edgar: Hearing you were here is one of the reasons I decided to join this party.

Edgar: I was worried they might confuse you for a bear.

Sabin: Aw, c'mon! I don't need that from you!

Edgar: ...Sabin, what's your take on this.

Sabin: Huh? Take on what?

Edgar: Why these gods made this world and summoned us here.

Edgar: And what that moogle's motives are... I've had a number of allies look into it, but the mystery only deepens.

Edgar: Have I been going about this the right way?

Sabin: ...It isn't like you to start whining like this.

Edgar: Haha, I suppose not.

Sabin: I can't say I get the complicated stuff, but you've never steered me wrong before.

Sabin: Everything'll be fine! I believe in you! Whichever way you're heading, I'll make sure the path is clear for you!

Edgar: ...Of course. I know I can count on you.

Setzer: And we're a bunch of old maids?

Sabin: Setzer!

Cyan: I, too, as a Returner—nay, as a samurai—shall do my utmost!

Terra: We're all in this together again.

Edgar: Cyan, Terra...

Sabin: Right! We've got friends coming out our ears! Quit your moping!

Sabin: Alright! Let's go shake things up in this world, too!

Shadow: ...Heh. Never a boring bunch...

Y'shtola: Our band has become rather merry, wouldn't you say?

Papalymo: Indubitably. Why, you could—

Prishe: Raaargh!

Yda: Hnh! Hya! Take this!

Yang: And one! And two!

Sabin: You're not there yet! I can't see your aura! Keep it up!

Papalymo: ...Say it's almost too merry.

Y'shtola: Haha. They're all so fired up since he joined us.

Edgar: In truth. Even I'm surprised to see how burly he's turned out.

Papalymo: Is that so?

Edgar: Sabin was sickly and rather meek as a child.

Edgar: Far scrawnier than me. ...Goes to show what training can do for you, I suppose.

Y'shtola: A sickly and meek Sabin...

Papalymo: It taxes the imagination.

Sabin: Edgar! What're you chatting about?

Yda: Y'shtola and Papalymo will train with us, too!?

Papalymo: Who ever said that?

Yang: Hm? Now that I think about it...

Yang: Seeing the two of you standing together, the resemblance is striking.

Edgar: We are twins, so I would hope so.

Yda: What!? You're twins!?

Prishe: I figured you were further apart in age since Edgar's king!

Papalymo: Ran you into no difficulties regarding succession?

Edgar: Nothing this little fellow couldn't settle.

Sabin: Edgar, that coin!

Yang: Settling who would take the throne with a coin toss...? Extraordinary.

Papalymo: I see... So things were complicated.

Edgar: A trifling affair. ...Let's be on our way.

Y'shtola: A remarkable brother you have, Sabin.

Sabin: You know it! I couldn't be prouder! Gah-

Mog: Hey, look! I found a Torsion, kupo!

King: So if we close that, the monsters will stop coming, huh?

Penelo: G-guys, we're not alone!

Laguna: Whoa, is that a manikin?

Galuf: Hold on! Is that...?

Galuf: It is! That's Krile! That's my granddaughter Krile!

Penelo: That's a manikin of your granddaughter!? Then that means—

Mog: His granddaughter is probably somewhere in this world, too, kupo.

Manikin: ...

Laguna: You see that? It ran headfirst right into the Torsion!

Galuf: Stop right there! I'm not letting you get away!

Penelo: Galuf!

King: So much for caution. What's our next move?

Penelo: Wh-what do you mean, "What's our next move"? We can't just leave him.

Laguna: Dunno about you guys, but I'm goin' in! Always wanted to see what the inside of a Torsion looks like, anyway.

Laguna: All right, gramps! Ready or not, here I come!

King: I suppose you got to have guts to be a journalist.

Mog: Come on, we're going after them, kupo! Ready?

Penelo: R-ready when you are.

Mog: Then away we go!

Steiner: Rejoice! Victory is ours. Sir Galuf, are you feeling okay?

Galuf: I know it wasn't really her...but this isn't something a grandparent should ever have to go through.

???: Grandpa!

Galuf: Th-this voice! Is that...!?

???: I knew it was you! I've been looking all over for you!

Galuf: Oh, Krile! My dear Krile, I'm so glad to see the real you!

Galuf: Are you okay? You're not hurt at all? What are you doing here, anyway?

Krile: I'm here because I—I felt you were in trouble.

Krile: I thought I heard your voice coming from this whirlpool-like tunnel, so I jumped inside!

Cecil: She must have found a Torsion.

Yuna: And you leapt inside to save Galuf without even giving it a second thought.

Steiner: Such a devoted granddaughter.

Krile: Grandpa, who are they?

Galuf: They're new friends I met in this world. Where are your manners? Go on, say hello.

Krile: Hi, everybody! I'm Krile. Nice to meet you.

Yuna: I can't believe you came here all by yourself. You must have gotten that heroism from your grandfather.

Cecil: You don't seem to be taken aback by the fact that you're in a different world.

Krile: Why would I be? This isn't my first time in a new world.

Steiner: Wh-what!?

Galuf: I told you before, didn't I? We're used to things like this.

Cecil: Our worlds must be even more different than I thought.

Mog: She has the light as well, kupo!

Krile: Wow! You can talk?

Krile: I can tell what moogles want to say, but you can talk just like us!

Mog: Wait, you know what I'm thinking, kupo?

Krile: Huh? Well, probably...?

Mog: Kupo! No time to dawdle! Come on, everybody, we have to find the exit, kupo!

Krile: Hey, wait! I thought we were still talking!

Yuna: He seemed to be in a rush.

Cecil: It's almost as if there's something he doesn't want us to know.

Bartz: Krile, you seriously just jumped into a random Torsion you found? You never change.

Krile: I'd do anything to save Grandpa!

Galuf: That's my granddaughter for ya!

Vincent: Love transcends time and space, huh?

Firion: I don't like it here one bit. It feels like it's draining the strength out of me.

Firion: Weren't you scared?

Krile: When things look scary, the trick is to not let yourself get caught up with it.

Krile: Just close your eyes and think of your favorite animal, and that way, you won't be scared anymore.

Firion: D-does that really work?

Galuf: Oh, don't be so wimpy. Learn a thing or two from Krile—she's far your junior, but has twice your pluck!

Vincent: Pluck alone won't see us through this... Not without the strength of will to go with it.

Mog: Sorry to keep you waiting, kupo! I found the exit!

Firion: Thank goodness. We can finally get out of here.

Mog: Follow me, kupo!

Yuffie: Finally! I was getting sick of this place!

Bartz: Let's go and get some fresh air!

Galuf: Come on, Krile, let's get moving.

Galuf: Hm? Is something the matter?

Krile: Grandpa...!

Krile: I missed you so much.

Krile: Don't leave me behind anymore, okay? I don't know what I'd do without you.

Galuf: Hoho, what's gotten into you?

Krile: It's just... I just...!

Galuf:' Krile, I'll always be there for you. We're family.

Krile: Grandpa... Thank you.

Bartz: Hold up, Gramps.

Bartz:' Don't forget about the rest of us.

Galuf: I'll be there for all of you until the very end.

Galuf: Now, come, everyone's waiting.

Krile: Okay!

Krile: Ahh, feel that wind! It's good to know it blows here, too.

Penelo: Oh? Look over there.

Krile: A chocobo! They're here, too!

Ace: ...Something seems wrong, though.

Chocobo: Kweh... Kwehhh...

Bartz: What's that? You've got something on your mind? Are you thinking about lunch?

Krile: I don't think that's it. He's thinking about...love!

Ace: Is that something a chocobo would worry about?

Krile: There's another chocobo he likes, and he can't decide to profess his love or not.

Bartz: Would ya look at this smooth operator?

Penelo: I think you should admit your feelings. You never know what the world has in store for you.

Ace: Right. Being proactive is more constructive than doing nothing.

Krile: You're worried about doing it alone? You can be braver than that!

Chocobo: Kweh... Kwehhh!

Bartz: That settles it. Don't worry, we'll be right behind you.

Penelo: We'll be watching to see how it goes!

Chocobo: Kweh? Kweh?

Chocobo: Kweeeh...k-kweh...

Ace: Is he...nervous? It doesn't look like the conversation is getting very far.

Bartz: C'mon, what happened to those guts from a minute ago?

Penelo: Ah, he's coming this way!

Chocobo: Kwehhh... Kweh-kweh...

Bartz: What? You need advice?

Krile: Boy, you're high maintenance! Okay, in this kind of situation, you should...

Chocobo: Kweh!? Kweh kweh!?

Krile: Right! So go for it!

Chocobo: Kweh-kweh! Kwehhh!

Chocobo: ...Kweh, kweeeh...

Penelo: Is it safe to say it went well? All thanks to Krile, huh?

Ace: What advice did you give him?

Krile: "Don't keep a lady waiting! She wants to hear what you have to say!"

Krile: ...I could tell what she was thinking, too.

Ace: Can't hide anything from you.

Penelo: I hope they live happily ever after.

Bartz: This reminds me of Boko... I hope he's getting along well with his missus.

Krile: I'm sure they're doing fine. Let's go see them when we get back home.

Krile: Well, Grandpa? Am I doing it right?

Galuf: Marvelously, my girl.

Krile: Because you taught me how, you know.

Setzer: Good grief... Galuf makes a picture perfect doting grandparent.

Firion: How can he help it with a cute grandchild like Krile? It's good to cherish your family.

Krile: Alright, let's head to our next destination.

Terra: Krile, didn't you say this isn't your first time in another world?

Terra: Did you travel through Torsions back in your homeworld, too?

Krile: No, I rode a meteorite.

Firion: A m-meteorite!? That's something you can ride?

Terra: Not like the magic ones, I guess. ...What's it like?

Krile: Where we're from, you can use them to travel to another world.

Setzer: Sightseeing from a rock hurtling through the sky doesn't sound so bad.

Cloud: ...I'll pass. You won't see me on a meteor anytime soon...

Galuf: From the beginning, our world is divided into two separate worlds.

Krile: Bartz and the others live in a different world from me and Grandpa.

Cloud: That means you and Bartz are aliens from each other's perspective?

Galuf: In the strictest sense of the word, yes.

Krile: One day, Grandpa took a meteorite to the other world...

Krile: So I took another one to go help him! That's where I met Bartz and Faris.

Terra: Wow... You're so brave.

Firion: Isn't that a little reckless? Riding on meteorites and jumping into Torsions...

Krile: It's the least I can do for Grandpa!

Setzer: ...Courage is one thing, but what about worrying Galuf?

Galuf: I'd be lying if I said she doesn't worry me...

Galuf: But I couldn't be happier to have raised a child who acts on her own for the sake of her family.

Krile: Thanks for the encouragement, Grandpa!

Setzer: I see... I guess they are a perfect match...

Cloud: Like grandfather, like granddaughter.

Edge: We're being followed. I don't sense any hostility though.

Mog: Kupo?

Zidane: Yeah, you can come out now.

???: Wait. I confess I was watching you, but I mean no harm.

???: Besides, it would be foolish of me to pick a fight with a band of skilled warriors such as yourselves. Surely, you wouldn't hurt a man of peace, either?

Warrior of Light: You seem lightly equipped for someone traveling these lands alone.

???: A wandering minstrel such as myself has no need for any more than what's necessary to survive.

Onion Knight: Right... And do bards usually spy on people, too?

???: I had to make sure you weren't a bevy of ladies after my heart.

???: Besides, I am unfamiliar with these lands, so I'd prefer to remain careful.

Onion Knight: Yeah...I guess I'd do the same thing if I were in your shoes.

Onion Knight: Our journey has just made us a little distrusting of others. That's all.

Onion Knight: Anyway, you're a bard, right? Sing us something.

Mog: Good idea, kupo! I wanna hear a song!

Thancred: They call me Thancred.

Thancred: And while I wish I could humbly honor your request, I only sing sweet whispers of love to the ladies. I fear I haven't a song in my repertoire for your lot.

Thancred: Well, I apologize for bothering you. Now if you would be so kind as to excuse me.

Zidane: Can you believe that guy?

Edge: Yeah, what a disgrace to the profession.

Mog: But I sensed the light in him, kupo.

Warrior of Light: Then I suppose we will cross paths again one day.

Thancred: Oh, if it isn't that moogle and his friends.

Thancred: So we meet again. Glad to see you are doing well.

Mog: Kupo!? It's the bard from earlier!

Thancred: Excellent, you remember me.

Rem: Who's that?

Terra: I have no idea.

Thancred: Ah, it seems there are a few new faces. Why didn't you tell me you were traveling with such beautiful ladies?

Thancred: I would have prepared a song.

Y'shtola: Go on. We do not mind waiting. Besides, it would make a good story for when we return home.

Yda: Yeah, if everyone isn't already fed up with Thancred, that is!

Thancred: Y'shtola!? Yda!?

Thancred: I searched all over for you two.

Y'shtola: Oh, really? It certainly didn't sound like it.

Thancred: I wandered the continent as a bard in search of someone I recognized. I sought information on this world.

Thancred: And I am of the mind that music is merely a tool to get people to open up.

Thancred: After all, love makes us closer. Wouldn't you agree, milady? How about I play a song to show you what I mean?

Terra: I'm sorry. I, uh... I don't really know what to say.

Thancred: Well, even a good marksman may miss sometimes.

Terra: ...?

Yda: Thancred, stop. You're making Terra uncomfortable.

Thancred: My apologies. That wasn't my intention, love.

Y'shtola: What will you do now?

Thancred: Well... It is a relief to see you two. Would you mind if I accompanied you?

Warrior of Light: But you are a bard, are you not? I would assume combat to be outside your realm of expertise.

Thancred: Not exactly.

Thancred: The world has become a dangerous place. Even a traveling minstrel needs to be able to take care of himself.

Warrior of Light: Impressive. You are evidently no stranger to the battlefield.

Thancred: What can I say? I am a man with many skills.

Yda: Thancred's a fellow member of our group, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. I can vouch for him.

Mog: I'm all for having another, friend, kupo! Especially one that's been blessed by the light!

Thancred: Blessed by the light?

Rem: You could say it means you're one of us.

Thancred: I see. There is unquestionably much more I need to learn about this world. Anyway, it is an honor to make your acquaintance.

Thancred: Hells, finally I catch up.

Vaan: Where'd you run off to? I thought someone was missing.

Thancred: Just a mite about.

Hope: Don't wander too far or you'll get lost.

Thancred: My bad. I'll take more care.

Vaan: We were about to get going, but you wanna catch your breath first?

Thancred: Don't mind me. I mayn't look much, but my endurance has never failed me yet.

Tifa: Huh? Thancred, are you hurt?

Penelo: Oh, no! Quick, let's tend—

Thancred: My, wherever did I pick this up?

Thancred: I wouldn't even notice a scrape like this.

Vaan: If you're fine, that's fine, but speak up if it starts to get to you, hear?

Vaan: Alright, let's get a move on!

Thancred: Not quite yet. I suggest you give up on that path.

Penelo: Why?

Thancred: It's thick with fiends. Far too many to avoid.

Thancred: We'd be better off taking the long way. The battles avoided will be a shortcut in the end.

Hope: ...How do you know that?

Hope: Don't tell me that's how you...?

Thancred: I had hoped to pull things off more gracefully, but I suppose it goes to show where I need to grow.

Hope: You're sure a capable hand.

Thancred: ...Gathering information is a specialty of mine, is all.

Thancred: As embarrassing as it might be to be injured while carrying out my so-called specialty, haha.

Penelo: That's nothing to laugh about! It's dangerous to work alone!

Tifa: Yeah, quit trying to act cool while you're making us worry about you.

Thancred: S-sorry, it won't happen again.

Thancred: But you can't argue that it's best we know the safest way ahead. ...Am I right?

Penelo: We can agree on it's best being safe.

Penelo: But that includes your safety, too.

Thancred: ...You are a gentle soul. I appreciate your kindness, and will not betray it.

Thancred: Henceforth, I will do my best to carry out my investigations with a minimum of enemy engagement.

Tifa: That'd be a load off our shoulders. Shall we leave it to the expert?

Penelo: That...seems fair.

Thancred: If a fight is inevitable, I will seek your help. You have my word.

Cecil: Halt!

Thancred: Ahh, you got me!

Thancred: I thought I stood a chance, but...now not so much.

Bartz: I wasn't sure if you were holding back.

Thancred: Same to you. You tailored your style for me, did you not?

Thancred: The advantage was mine at the start, but from some point, you had made all my moves your own.

Thancred: An aptitude worth envying, you have there.

Bartz: I didn't want to lose, and got to learn a thing or two.

Onion Knight: Guess it's my turn.

Thancred: Spare me a moment to regain myself. Bartz here just about drained me.

Cecil: In that case, perhaps you might spar with me instead.

Onion Knight: Gladly!

Thancred: ...An unforgiving lot.

Yang: Would you blame them?

Yang: They all wish to know how much they can rely on one calling himself a bard.

Thancred: I wonder about that... But the spark in their eyes was at least apparent.

Thancred: ...Aw, come on. Are they making fun of me?

Thancred: Onion Knight is fighting like he's dual wielding.

Thancred: And Cecil's going along with it.

Yang: I doubt it is by accident.

Yang: It shows how you hold their interest.

Thancred: Each and every one of them is trying to drain the confidence from me.

Yang: The more they learn of your abilities, the stronger grows their sense of camaraderie.

Thancred: I suppose it's easier than composing a ballad for a lot of lads.

Yang: Come now, are you rested enough? I have been waiting for my chance to spar as well.

Thancred: ...Oof. Would you consider accepting a ballad instead?

Thancred: Torsions...was it? There are quite a number of them, aren't there?

Rem: And this is only the beginning. They're appearing all over the world even as we speak.

Terra: You don't have to force yourself to help if you don't want to.

Thancred: I couldn't run away and leave you with all the work, my dear. Besides, it is not like I have anywhere else to be.

Edge: Thancred, be honest with me. Are you really just a bard?

Thancred: What, still don't trust me?

Edge: No, it's not that. I'm just amazed by how well you carry yourself in battle.

Thancred: Heh, I appreciate the flattery.

Edge: That's why it's hard to believe you're nothing more than a bard.

Edge: Or was that singing sweet whispers stuff all a lie?

Y'shtola: Oh, it is anything but falsehood. As I recall—

Thancred: Y-Y'shtola, I'm afraid to ask what you are about to say.

Y'shtola: You fear I will tell anecdotes of the array of women you've seduced? Or perhaps tales of a time before you took up the blade?

Edge: That many women, huh? Nice.

Thancred: Y-you jest, surely?

Thancred: I was not misleading you when I said I was a bard who sings of love.

Thancred: I daresay you still may not trust me, but I assure you I will not act to your detriment.

Edge: Come on, I never said I didn't trust you. Anyway, we're counting on you.

Thancred: And I, on you all. It is truly an honor to fight alongside such seasoned warriors.

Yda: Hey, Thancred, I don't mean to interrupt, but...

Thancred: What is it?

Rem: ...Seducing an array of women? Do you think Y'shtola was being serious?

Terra: I don't know, but...

Thancred: Why are you backing away!?

Y'shtola: Oh dear. Instinct is a marvelous gift.

Thancred: Come on, you know I am no scoundrel. Tell them.

Edge: Heh, can't wait to hear about all these babes you got with! Fill me in on the details later, okay?

Thancred: Aye, very well...

Mog: Kupo?

Mog: Someone's heading toward the Torsion up ahead.

Warrior of Light: A foe, perchance?

Mog: Quite the opposite, kupo! They're one of us!

Tifa: You think they're trying to close the Torsion then?

Rem: They probably have no idea what they're getting themselves into.

Vaan: Which is why we oughta save them. The monsters here are too tough to fight alone.

Mog: We have to hurry then, kupo!

Warrior of Light: Indeed.

Sazh: Seriously though, you gotta be pretty reckless to be out here wrestling monsters all alone.

Sazh: ...Especially while trudging through all this snow.

Warrior of Light: That is simply a testament to his courage. I am certain he shall prove to be a great help to our cause.

Mog: There's only one way to find out. Come on, kupo!

Warrior of Light: Well, we were able to close the Torsion.

Warrior of Light: But where is the lone warrior who came this way?

Hope: He's probably still around here somewhere.

Hope: There are still some monsters left—

Hope: Ah!

???: Take this!

Hope: Huh...?

Hope: Snow!?

Snow: Hope!?

Snow: Is that really you!?

Zidane: You two know each other?

Sazh: He's a friend of ours from back home. Never expected to run into him here though.

Snow: Sazh, it's good to see you. By the way, who are your new friends?

Mog: They're warriors gathered here from different worlds, kupo!

Zidane: And any friend of Hope and Sazh is a friend of ours.

Zidane: I mean, you risked your life to save someone who you thought was a stranger.

Zidane: Now that's a real hero!

Snow: A talking moogle and a guy with a tail—and I thought I'd seen it all.

Snow: Consider my mind blown.

Hope: Doesn't take much to do that.

Zidane: Whoa, harsh. What's gotten into him?

Sazh: Let's just say things weren't always sunshine and rainbows between them.

Warrior of Light: For what purpose did you approach the Torsion?

Snow: You talking about that portal-thing? I don't know where it came from.

Snow: But I can't just ignore something that's spitting out monsters.

Snow: So I figured I should do something about it before anyone got hurt.

Mog: Then you should come with us to save the world, kupo!

Snow: Save the world, huh? I like the sound of that.

Snow: All right! You need a hero, you got one!

Mog: Great! We're counting on you, kupo!

Snow: I know how to take a hit, so if you need me to lure the enemies, just let me know.

Hope: You never change, do you?

Snow: But man am I glad to see you safe and sound, Serah.

Serah: Not just that—I can hold my own in a fight now, too! I might even be more useful than you.

Snow: That's great. Having you along for the ride's a real pick-me-up.

Vincent: ...Go figure.

Vincent: I would have expected him to want to keep Serah away from battle, like someone else here...

Lightning: Snow.

Lightning: Are you fine with putting Serah in danger? Aren't you worried about her?

Serah: Not this again...

Snow: Course I'm worried. But it's her choice to fight, and I'm gonna respect that.

Serah: Snow...

Snow: Plus, she's got us if anything ever happens.

Snow: If I can't save her, you will. Right, Sis?

Lightning: Of course! When did I ever say I wouldn't?

Snow: Right? She'll never have better backup than you.

Sabin: Hey, don't forget about us. We're watching out for all three of you, too...

Sabin: We're all in this together, so nobody needs to ask for help. It's a given.

Snow: Thanks, Sabin. I just want to make sure Serah's able to do what she wants.

Snow: So listen, Sis...

Shadow: Keeping a distance is also a method of defense...

Vincent: I can appreciate the dread of not recovering what you've let go, though...

Vincent: Regrets don't vanish so easily...

Lightning: I... I can't bear it...

Shadow: ...For as brave as you are as a warrior, you're just as cautious when it comes to Serah.

Lightning: Of course I am. She's my family.

Serah: I feel the same way, you know. I'm worried you don't look out for yourself.

Snow: Ditto. She's not the only one.

Lightning: Argh...you two...

Lightning: Fine. Listen. Now that this bruiser's here, too...

Lightning: If we're fighting together, I expect you to drive us like dogs, got it?

Serah: Lightning...! Got it!

Snow: Alright! Just tell me what you need! I'll keep all y'all safe and sound!

Firion: We need to stay on our toes here. No telling what enemies lie ahead.

Snow: If things start to get hot, just holler. I'll keep everyone out of harm's way!

Wakka: Not that I don't 'preciate it, but "everyone" is a bit much, ya?

Snow: "A bit much" is my middle name.

Snow: Back home, too, I fought like crazy so I wouldn't lose Serah or anyone else.

Ace: You derive your strength to protect from a desire not to lose anyone.

Snow: Everything that was my normal suddenly came crashing down one day.

Snow: Everything I thought was real, people I thought were my allies, it was all turned upside down.

Ramza: ...All I once surveyed was but a fraction of the real world, and the more I learned the truth, the less sure I became.

Steiner: You cannot see the whole picture unless it also extends beyond the frame...

Wakka: You didn't lose it when everything you believed in came tumbling down? I know I did...

Snow: I'm too dumb for that.

Snow: I could be cut off from the entire world, but as long as I stick to my principles, I figure it's all alright.

Ramza: You're also a man driven by faith.

Snow: Finding out what's true only brings what needs protecting into clearer focus.

Snow: I'll fight, survive, and make Serah my wife.

Wakka: Heh, she might whip you good, ya know?

Snow: I'm just happy to have her by my side.

Steiner: A joyous sentiment if there ever was one!

Firion: ...We're all warriors, but we're all fighting to bring an end to fighting.

Snow: You got that right. That's why I'm gonna make sure you all get home in one piece.

Firion: Okay, just don't overdo it.

Snow: Let's get a move on!

Snow: So all of you are fighting for something, huh?

Zidane: You too, right? You must've got some sort of plan.

Zidane: I mean, you wouldn't be risking your life to protect others if you didn't.

Snow: I'll do anything to protect those I care about. Doesn't matter where I am.

Snow: Besides, if this world were destroyed, then Cocoon...

Hope: It's someplace back in our world. Snow, come on, nobody knows what you're talking about.

Snow: Yeah, my bad. Anyway, I can't allow my home to be destroyed.

Snow: I've got someone there I care about, you know? I'm not going to let anyone get hurt.

Cloud: Pretty sure of yourself, huh?

Cecil: Do you really think you can do it all on your own?

Snow: It's not gonna be easy, but I'm sure it'll all work out. It always does.

Snow: Besides, I'm not alone. I've got you guys, right?

Zidane: That's the spirit! I think we're gonna get along just fine.

Zidane: ...So is this someone you're trying to protect really that cute?

Snow: You bet she is. I could go on about her all day. ...So I better not see you try to make a move on her.

Hope: Don't worry. Her sister would kill you before Snow ever got to you.

Zidane: Y-you don't say. Sounds like Snow has it rough back home.

Warrior of Light: Someone to protect...

Snow: Come on, I know there's someone you're fighting for, too.

Warrior of Light: I have walked the path of light.

Warrior of Light: But I question if I have ever risked my life to protect someone as you do.

Mog: Don't beat yourself up over not being able to remember, kupo.

Cloud: I'm sure you'll find yourself if you just keep moving forward.

Cloud: Talking about it can only get you so far.

Warrior of Light: You're right.

Warrior of Light: Perhaps one day, I will become more like you, able to—

Snow: You're thinking too much again! Just go with the flow and it'll all work out. I promise.

Hope: *Sigh* While I'm glad he's okay, I'm starting to miss when things were a little...quieter.

Zidane: Come on, what's the fun in that? Besides, I kind of like the guy.

???: Take this you little...!

Mog: Kupo!? Did you hear that!?

Rem: Hey, doesn't that sound like...?

King: Yeah, let's go check it out.

???: Whew. That should do it. That was a close one though.

Rem: Cater! Is that you?

Cater: Rem!? And is that King!?

Steiner: Did you vanquish the monsters here all by yourself!?

Yang: Your courage is commendable.

Cater: Huh? Oh, thanks. ...So, uh, what's up with the get-up? You guys circus performers or something?

Steiner: ...! Hmph. Well, the others seem to know her, so I'll let it pass.

Steiner: I am Adelbert Steiner.

Yang: And I am Yang, monk and leader of Fabul.

Cater: Hold up. A man wearing armor and a warrior monk? What in the world is going on here?

King: We need to talk.

Rem: So, Cater, this world we're in...

Cater: Ohhh! No wonder they're dressed so funny.

Yang: Well, we are from different worlds, after all.

Steiner: Exactly. Our attire is simply a characteristic of our home.

Rem: She's just never seen anybody dressed like you two before. That's all.

Cater: But seriously, I have the worst luck. I was just taking a nap on the terrace, and the next thing you know, I'm in a different world.

Cater: Anyway, we need to close those Torsions or whatever if we ever wanna go home, right?

Mog: Right, kupo! So you should come—

Cater: All right, I'm gonna go see what's up ahead! You guys check that way! We'll meet up later!

Mog: Waaait! I wasn't finished talking yet, kupo!

Yang: Are you sure she'll be okay?

King: No, this place is crawling with monsters.

Rem: Leave it to Cater to go running off without thinking first.

Steiner: Come, let us hurry after your comrade!

Mog: Finally! I didn't think we'd ever catch up, kupo!

Cater: Sorry about that. I still haven't found the Torsion yet.

Firion: No, I'm just glad we found you before anything happened. It's dangerous here.

Cater: Oh, you were worried about me? Rem sure is lucky to have nice friends like you.

Cater: But I'm fine. I know how to take care of myself.

Layle: Pretty confident, aren't we? But it's people like you who end up getting themselves into trouble.

Wakka: Yeah, and I believe it coming from you.

Penelo: The monsters up ahead are even stronger. You could get really hurt if you go alone.

Cater: Hm... You really think so? I mean, we could cover more ground if we split up.

Cater: Plus, the monsters here don't seem to like being shot in the face, so I think I can handle things myself.

Wakka: Man, I love this confidence of hers!

Firion: You possess abilities we are in need of. Would you consider fighting along our side?

Penelo: Please, come with us. Think of it as you're doing us a favor.

Cater: Come on, you're embarrassing me. I mean, it's tough being popular sometimes.

Cater: But sure, you've got it! I'll come with you.

Mog: Yay! Welcome to the family, kupo! Now we'll be able to seal the Torsion here in no time.

Mog: Speaking of which, my senses tell me it's this way. Come on, everybody!

Cater: Aye aye, captain! I won't let you down!

Layle: Well, that was easy. I think they've got a knack for this.

Cater: Argh, I missed!

Cyan: It escaped.

Cater: Oh well. We explored this far. Maybe it's time to hook back up with the others.

Yuna: Look out! It brought friends!

Cyan: Against these numbers, it may be our turn to escape.

Cyan: Lady Cater!?

Cater: I'll thin 'em out! You two call for backup!

Yuna: We can't leave you on your own!

Cater: I'll be fine!

Yuna: ...I'll stay here, too! Please bring help!

Cyan: Very well!

Zell: Woof, that was sure a party.

Cyan: Verily. It is well and good we prevailed, but wherefore didst thou not flee?

Cater: If we all pulled out and let them get to the rendezvous point, it'd be the same as losing.

Zell: I can't fault that logic.

Cyan: ...But wert thou to fall here, then what? There art others who worry for thou.

Cater: ...Maybe. No, you're right.

Yuna: Don't push yourself too hard, for others' sake.

Terra: But you weren't wrong. Everyone might have been in real danger if that flock suddenly attacked.

Terra: You bought us enough time to put up an organized fight.

Cater: Right? Right!

Zell: You were trying to protect everyone. You got guts, kid.

Cater: Well, feel free to follow my example!

Yuffie: All these waves are wearing me out!

Cater: Seriously. Don't send me back there.

Cloud: It's only a little further. Come on, let's mosey.

Yuffie: Fiiine.

Yuffie: ...Huh? H-huh? You gotta be kidding me.

Yuffie: Uh, Cloud? I think I lost my materia...

Cloud: Do you know where you dropped it? Are you sure it's gone?

Rem: You probably lost it back there...

Yuffie: If we go back, we're gonna have to go through all those fights again... Aw, man, what do I do?

Cater: It's something important, isn't it?

Yuffie: But it'd suck if I drag everyone back while we're tired and some strong monster shows up.

Cloud: ...You sure?

Yuffie: Yeah, let's blow this joint.

Cater: ...Hey, why don't we sneak back and get out of there before they notice us?

Yuffie: I don't know how quick we'd find it, though.

Cater: We can find it! Come on!

Cater: You guys sit tight!

Yuffie: No dice... We might as well call it quits...

Cater: This is where we were fighting, though!

Onion Knight: You two are asking for trouble if you don't head back soon.

Yuffie: What? You came, too?

Onion Knight: Cater, Yuffie already gave up. Why are you so intent on finding it?

Cater: Huh? 'Cause, she's a friend in need.

Onion Knight: I figured you were being stubborn, but you're just being nice.

Onion Knight: Either way, you're horrible at searching for things. ...Is this what you're looking for?

Yuffie: Where were they!?

Onion Knight: Where you were. ...Don't tell me you were looking without rhyme or reason!

Cater: You got a problem with that!?

Yuffie: Alrighty, our work here is done! Let's get back to the group!

Cater: Yes! I closed the Torsion! Pretty impressive, huh?

Galuf: Impressive, indeed. Looks like you've got the skills to back up that mouth of yours.

Cater: Hey, you gotta practice what you preach, you know? That's my motto.

Vincent: You're strong, talented.

Vincent: But you lack the composure necessary for battle. ...One day, that hubris could be your downfall.

Cater: Ugh. Give it a rest. I'm tired of everyone trying to lecture me on what to do.

Rem: Hey's saying this because he's worried about you. Right, Vincent?

Vincent: Forget I said anything.

King: Everybody expresses themselves differently. Think about everyone in Class Zero.

Cater: Yeah... Good point. The world may be different, but people are still people, huh?

Yuffie: Wow, gettin' all philosophical on us now.

Galuf: You two are a lot alike, you know that?

Yuffie: What!? I'm nothing like this cocky tomboy!

Cater: Excuse me!? What did you just say, you conniving thief!

Galuf: See, what did I tell you?

Rem: The more the merrier, r-right?

Vincent: ...Heh.

Galuf: Vincent, why don't you keep an eye on them? Give them some guidance.

Vincent: I'll pass.

Cater: Not in a million years!

Galuf: Yep, they're perfect for each other.

Yuffie: How could you say we're alike? I mean, have I ever been this annoying?

Galuf: Well, ready to go?

Yuffie: H-hold up! Hey!

Cater: Yuffie, it hurts to admit it...but I know how you feel right now.

Yuffie: Thanks, Cater... You're a lot nicer than I thought.

Cater: Maybe we're not so different after all, huh? Let's find a way home...together.

Cater: And let's show the others who's boss! Make them pay for ever doubting us!

Yuffie: Oh, I like where you're going with this! I'm in!

Galuf: Heeey! Get a move on, you two!

Laguna: Right? So then I say, "You're gettin' the Cuchi-cuchi treatment!"

Yuffie: Ah ha ha! You can't be serious!

Vaan: Not the Cuchi-cuchi treatment! We'd better watch out! Hahaha!

Mog: ...They're having an awfully good time, kupo...

Penelo: Laguna's good at storytelling. ...Hm?

Penelo: Is that...!?

???: ...Penelo!

Penelo: Vaan! Come here!

Vaan: Hahaha...huh?

Vaan: Oh, Ashe, you were summoned to this world, too?

Ashe: ..."This world"?

Mog: That's my cue, kupo!

Ashe: ...I cannot believe it. Such a reality begs credulity.

Mog: Won't you join us, kupo?

Ashe: Well, I...

Laguna: Yuffie, have you heard this one? This guy orders soup, and there's a fly in it...

Yuffie: Ah ha ha! What the heck? Stop making me laugh!

Ashe: ...I respectfully decline.

Vaan: Why? You planning to go it alone?

Ashe: I have no time for foolishness! I must return to Ivalice with all haste!

Ashe: So, if you'll forgive me...I do not think it is in my interest to interrupt your frivolity...

Penelo: Don't say that! No one is being frivolous...

Yuffie: What? Did you say something?

Mog: Of all the times to be oblivious, kupo...

Ashe: I am prepared to fight on my own. Please excuse me; I must hurry on...

Laguna: ...Huh? What just happened? The lady won't be joining us?

Penelo: And whose fault do you think that is, Laguna!

Laguna: Beats me! Not mine at least!

Laguna: ...But this area is crawling with monsters. We can't just let her wander on her own.

Mog: He's right! Let's go after her, kupo!

Ashe: Unh... If only I were stronger...

Vaan: Ah! There she is! Over there!

Penelo: Are you okay!?

Laguna: See? What did I say? This is what happens if you go off on your own.

Ashe: ...What are you here for?

Vaan: To help you, of course.

Ashe: I am...fine on my own.

Laguna: Awful darn stubborn for the shape you're in.

Penelo: Can't you trust us to help?

Ashe: I am fighting in earnest, not for fun like you.

Yuffie: Hey, I resent that. I put my neck on the line in battle.

Laguna: You think we'd go out of our way to chase off monsters and help you for kicks?

Ashe: I, well...

Vaan: Even if we look like a bunch of goof-offs...

Vaan: Everyone was worried about you. Even the guys who'd only just met you.

Penelo: It's a boisterous group, but they're all concerned about others' wellbeing.

Ashe: I see... I suppose I lost my temper.

Mog: Kupo! You're finally being honest with us, kupo! Hooray!

Ashe: I haven't introduced myself. I am Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, Princess of the Kingdom of Dalmasca.

Yuffie: Get out! A real princess! Talk about fantasy worlds!

Laguna: But man if that isn't a long name. What do you guys usually call her?

Penelo: Well, she is royalty... We usually call her Princess Ashe.

Ashe: Circumstances require I return to my world as soon as possible...

Ashe: So please! I beg you lend me your strength!

Laguna: You got it!

Laguna: And in exchange, you'll listen to my stupid stories now and then, eh?

Ashe: ...I will do my best.

Edgar: Traipsing through the desert like this makes it feel as though we're back home in Figaro, eh?

Sabin: That it does. Reminds me of when I was still in the castle.

Ashe: I can relate. My homeland, too, is predominantly desert.

Edgar: Royalty of desert kingdoms, thrown together to journey across an alien world... Why, could this be fate?

Ashe: I hope it is a fate that contributes to our war effort.

Sabin: What does that mean?

Edgar: Sabin... It means I was rejected and it is time to back down.

Edgar: Not a single woman has responded to my advances since I came here. Never have I felt lonelier.

Lilisette: Wow, a desert princess. It has such a mysterious sound to it!

Onion Knight: What's your country like, Ashe?

Ashe: The Kingdom of Dalmasca—and its capital, Rabanastre, in particular—is a bustling center of trade.

Ashe: Several different kingdoms have ruled Rabanastre, uniquely blending together various histories and cultures.

Lilisette: Hmm, in other words...it has a habit of being invaded?

Ashe: ...You are no wrong. Two years prior, the Archadian Empire did just that...

Firion: ...The empire belonging to that man, Vayne.

Onion Knight: It must be difficult to defend when you're surrounded by desert.

Sabin: Sounds like you could use a castle that hides under the sands, too.

Edgar: Indeed. It's the special privilege of a desert kingdom in our world.

Ashe: Privilege of...a desert kingdom? Whatever do you mean?

Sabin: Just what I said. Castle Figaro can dive under the desert!

Lilisette: Whaaat!? A castle...under the desert!?

Edgar: In an emergency, we gather all the castle's inhabitants, and then—poof!—she's gone without a trace.

Edgar: An invading army is left standing alone, surrounded by nothing but golden sands... It's quite a thrill.

Firion: It's hard to believe possible...

Ashe: If Ivalice...nay, if Dalmasca only had such technology, perhaps I could have protected my people...

Onion Knight: Different worlds have different rules. No point in wishing for something that doesn't exist.

Edgar: That swings both ways, Your Highness. There are things I cannot protect that only you can.

Edgar: Your countrymen are a resilient lot. Vaan and Penelo make that clear enough.

Ashe: ...It is true. I have many who support me, and the power left by my ancestors...

Sabin: Hang in there, Ashe! Nothing's impossible!

Ashe: Thank you, everyone. I will search for a way to protect my people that suits me.

Edgar: Please, don't think you're in it all alone. As long as we are in this world, let's exchange all the information we can.

Balthier: You're running too far ahead.

Cyan: If thou push thyself too hard, thy body will pay the price for it.

Vanille: Yeah, relax for a bit and let us take things over.

Ashe: I appreciate your concern, but I must grow stronger.

Ashe: I do it also so that my people and family claimed by war might find peace...

Hope: You lost your family...?

Ashe: Had only the empire not invaded... Even now, in my quest for strength, do I see frequently the image of my husband...

Cyan: Thou hast my sympathies. I, too, lost many to an empire's artifice...

Vanille: Cyan, I didn't know...

Cyan: There was a time when I also burned with revenge... But that hatred left me vulnerable to manipulation.

Cyan: Forsaking thy memories and overcoming hatred are not the same thing. If thou seekest power, of this thou must beware.

Ashe: But...the dead... I could do nothing...!

Cyan: ......Lady Ashe. The family, the comrades thou lost liveth on in thy heart, in thou.

Cyan: I know thy grief, looking to the past and lamenting thy powerlessness... But looking only to the past produceth naught.

Cyan: Thou must advance on the path in which thou believest. Failing to do so would betray the departed.

Ashe: You've conquered your grief... Would that I had your strength...

Balthier: Why does that sound like, "I can't conquer mine"?

Ashe: I—! ...That was not my intention!

Vanille: You're plenty strong. You'll find your peace in time.

Cyan: And at that time, thou will have grown all the stronger. I guarantee it.

Hope: Yes, I hope you'll let us help you get there.

Hope: Don't take everything on by yourself, and lean on your friends. I needed to before, too...

Cyan: I did not see my grief through on mine own either. It was with the help of my comrades.

Ashe: Then please allow me...to lean on you.

Vanille: Of course! No matter how big or small, don't hold it back from us!

Balthier: Different countries, different backgrounds... Obstinancy will only get you so far with this diverse lot.

Mog: Just a little more to the Torsion, kupo! Let's go, go, go, kupo!

Ashe: Once every Torsion is closed, we can return home...

Ashe: Let us continue on!

Galuf: ...Ashe, why is it you are in such a hurry to get home?

Ashe: ...As I mentioned before, I am the Princess of Dalmasca.

Ashe: The empire...a hostile nation currently occupies my homeland, threatening its very existence.

Ashe: I lead the resistance forces to counter that threat.

Vaan: I was surprised when I first saw the princess fighting, sword in hand.

Firion: A princess fighting against imperial tyranny... I can respect that.

Ashe: I simply desire our liberty... For that, I need power.

Firion: I understand completely. We'll do everything we can for you!

Galuf: Just...take care not to lose yourself in your quest for power.

Ashe: Eh...?

Galuf: No matter how powerful you become, you cannot change the past.

Galuf: ...We're fighting for the happiness of those dear to us who are with us now. You musn't forget that.

Ashe: ...I understand that. Even still, I—!

Galuf: Ha ha ha! Forgive me! As you get on in years, the more everything you say starts to sound like a lecture.

Firion: In any event, Ashe needs to return to her world.

Firion: If there's anything we can do, just say the word!

Ashe: ...Thank you.

Vaan: Fighting for those dear to us who are with us now, huh...?

Penelo: We have to give it our all and face forward.

???: ...No!

Kefka: Ho ho ho... You're not getting away.

Kefka: Not with me and my magitek army on your tail!

Kefka: Go go go!

Kefka: A girlie with the power of an ancient race'd be a nice piece to control...

Cloud: ...Is that!?

???: Ah! Cloud! Tifa!

Tifa: Aerith! You're here!

Aerith: Are you really the real Tifa?

Cloud: ...So you ran into our manikins.

Aerith: You call those dolls manikins, huh? They looked just like you...

Aerith: But not this time. It's the real you!

Mog: A friend, kupo?

Cloud: A friend...from home.

Aerith: This isn't our planet, is it?

Aerith: I see. That's why I can't hear its voice.

Tifa: It's a different planet, but this one has its own crisis right now.

Mog: We're fighting to stop this world from being devoured, kupo!

Tifa: You'll come with us, won't you?

Aerith: Well, I'd love to say, "Of course!" but...

Cloud: ...Is there something you're unsure of? If you want to know more, Mog can—

Aerith: It's not that...

Kefka: I found yoo-hoo!

Aerith: Ack, he's here!

Kefka: Ack, I'm here! And I have no plans to share your powers with no stinkin' moogles.

Aerith: I don't know what you're talking about! I don't have special powers!

Kuja: The poor canary doesn't realize her own potential...

Cloud: These guys were after you!

Mog: They're bad guys who want to destroy the world, kupo!

Kuja: Who're the heroes and who're the villains is for the audience to decide.

Tifa: Last time I checked, heroes don't force women to come along with them.

Cloud: Stay away from Aerith.

Aerith: Thanks, you two! I'm not alone now!

Kuja: ...And scene. How about calling it a day?

Kefka: Ho ho ho... ...Don't tell me what to do.

Kuja: ...Have it your way.

Kefka: I intend to! Hasta la pasta!

Cloud: Why were they after you?

Aerith: I don't know. This is a different planet, so I didn't think being an Ancient would matter...

Aerith: And yet, I have this unpleasant feeling. A murmuring...

Mog: ...Can you tell where it's coming from, kupo?

Aerith: That forest... No, beyond it perhaps.

Mog: Where the Torsion is! You can sense Torsions, kupo!

Tifa: Great, come with us.

Tifa: We're traveling around to close Torsions.

Aerith: Is this why they were after me...?

Terra: Kefka, that man who was after you, uses the Torsions to satisfy his...lust for destruction.

Terra: Even if the Torsions weren't eating away at the world, we cannot let him do what he wants.

Aerith: ...I understand. Count me in.

Aerith: I want...to know more about this world.

Cloud: Good. It's safer with us.

Mog: Great to have you, kupo!

Aerith: What's this? Have I gone too far ahead on my poor, lonesome own?

Aerith: ...Haha. This should keep them out of trouble...I hope.

Kuja: Decided to perform solo after all, have we?

Aerith: You again... I could say the same to you.

Kuja: I've hated that clown from the beginning. I was only there because, yes...

Kuja: It's your motives that intrigue me. An Ancient...was it?

Kuja: Why do you accept your fate? You didn't choose to be born an Ancient.

Aerith: Perhaps, but...

Aerith: There are some things only I can do... Maybe it's...if I can protect what's important to me, then I'll do them.

Kuja: This is a miniature garden of the gods... Your fate also could be altered.

Aerith: I appreciate the offer. But I'd like to decide something as important as that by myself.

Kefka: I do declare, did you stay the little lady for me?

Kuja: Spare me the indignity of sharing the stage with a buffoon the likes of you.

Kuja: ...Run. The path behind you is good enough for you to get away.

Aerith: You're helping me?

Kuja: I want to know the truth of this world... For what reason we have been put here.

Kuja: If you can sense the distortions, then perhaps...

Kefka: Blargh! Ptoey! Boooring!

Kefka: If it's there for the using, use it and break it all. That's enough for me!

Hope: Aerith, there you are!

Mog: Kupo! She's being attacked!

Warrior of Light: After her power...?

Kuja: Ay me... This is my exit. If it's a sword dance you want, do it with the clown.

Kefka: You're quite the pests, you know that? Let's put you out of my misery!

Kefka: Harrumph! I don't need your power anyway!

Kuja: ...Pitiful.

Zidane: Hold it, Kuja! Why didn't you help Kefka?

Aerith: He tried to help me escape.

Kuja: ...I had my own reasons to speak with the girl, and nothing more.

Zidane: You... What is it you're after...?

Kuja: I hate cozy theatrics. I am done here.

Mog: Kupo... And there he goes.

Mog: Aerith, are you alright, kupo? It's dangerous to go off on your own.

Aerith: I'm okay. I just...got a little lost.

Zidane: "A little lost" wouldn't have ended you up all the way out here.

Zidane: Are you sure you weren't trying to keep us from getting mixed up in your problems?

Zidane: Have a little more faith in us. Or are we that useless?

Tifa: Yeah, whatever it is, we can get through it together.

Aerith: You're right. I'm sorry. ...Thank you.

Mog: Alright, let's regroup and head for the Torsion, kupo!

Laguna: H-hey, Aerith... You have a minute...?

Aerith: Laguna? What is it? You look troubled.

Laguna: So you can hear what the planet is saying because you're an..."Ancient," was it?

Aerith: That's right.

Laguna: Well, you see, actually, back in my world, I could also hear voices.

Laguna: I always thought they were faeries, but then it hit me, "You know, what if I'm an Ancient, too?"

Cater: Hmmm. Is that possible, even though you're from different worlds?

Hope: A special race in his own world...? Laguna doesn't look very special, though...

Yuri: What did you hear, anyway?

Laguna: Umm...well...

Laguna: Stuff like, "What the...!" and, "Whatever." Came through loud and clear!

Aerith: ...Laguna, that's probably not the planet.

Aerith: The planet sounds like so many people talking all at one, so I can't clearly understand it.

Laguna: Huh. Really?

Hope: I don't know how it works, but it's probably different from what Aerith experiences.

Cater: Sure you weren't just hearing things? You're probably tired.

Laguna: H-hold on! Don't jump to conclusions! There weren't just voices!

Yuri: What else?

Laguna: The faeries'd power me up a bit whenever they're around! Like I'm better than my usual self!

Cater: Aerith? That ever happen to you?

Laguna: I see... Hrmmm, the mysteries just keep getting deeper...

Aerith: I don't know how your world works, Laguna.

Aerith: But maybe someone was doing something with you in mind to power you up.

Laguna: ...I haven't heard the faeries since coming to this world, so if that's the case...

Laguna: I must be too far for their feelings to reach me. Aw, man, how sad is that?

Aerith: Don't worry. Even if they're not here, I'm sure they're waiting for you to come home.

Aerith: I hope you can report back soon. Let's make sure you have lots of good stories to tell the faeries.

Laguna: Aerith...! How sweet can you get!

Yuri: I wonder if interference from someone's consciousness might be the cause.

Hope: We're from different worlds, so there's no way really for us to know.

Cater: Yeah, but it's Laguna. He was probably just dreaming on his feet.

Laguna: H-hey! Whaddaya take me for? You could learn a thing or two from Aerith!

Warrior of Light: This Torsion... Something is different from usual.

Cloud: Could that be because of what you sensed?

Aerith: I don't know. But the voice sounds so sad.

Vaan: We'd better hurry and close it, ya think?

Warrior of Light: ...It would appear that way.

Rem: Will we be able to close it the same way as the others?

Mog: The same as always! Get ready for a fight, kupo!

Aerith: Ah! ...It's gone.

Aerith: You've been doing this the whole time?

Cloud: ...This time was especially rough.

Vincent: Are even greater Torsions appearing...without us even realizing it?

Mog: If so, we're gonna need more and more friends, kupo!

Terra: Aerith, you'll stay with us, right?

Aerith: I will. I want to learn more about everyone else, too.

Vincent: Furthermore...why Aerith is here, and repercussions that will have—what are the gods playing at...?

Cloud: What's the matter?

Vincent: Nothing...but... In this world...I might even be able to atone for my sins...

Yuffie: Mr. Broody-Face is at it again.

Yuffie: C'mon, our work here is done; let's blow this pop stand!

Mog: Everyone back to the airship and we'll resume our journey, kupo!

Aerith: Huh? This feeling...

Sephiroth: Heh heh heh... Look who's here...

Aerith: Sephiroth...

Sephiroth: I have no more interest in you... But...

Sephiroth: Rousing Cloud's memories make a worthwhile diversion.

Aerith: ...You never change.

Aerith: I still don't know why I'm here...

Aerith: But... I will protect the people important to me!

Sephiroth: Hmph... You really don't know...? Or are you just playing dumb?

Sephiroth: It won't be long before you know the reason you're here...and what will come from it...

Aerith: Weirdo...

Aerith: But...what is it I need to do, what is it I can do on this planet...?

Aerith: I have so many questions, I guess I can't help but get lost in thought like you-know-who.

Aerith: I was lucky enough to find the others, so for now, I should talk it out with them.

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

Sazh: Huh? Is someone waving at us over there?

Firion: Maybe she knows one of us? She doesn't look hostile; let's go see.

???: What a relief. I didn't think I'd run into any other adventurers in this desolate place.

Cloud: And you are?

Lion: I'm Lion. An adventurer, just like yourselves.

Squall: Lion? That's your name?

Lion: It sure is. And a pretty good one, if I do say so myself.

Squall: ...Fair enough. What were you doing out here?

Lion: I got completely lost while looking for the rest of my party...

Lion: I've been in a real bind, what with all the groups of monsters wandering around here.

Galuf: First lost and then surrounded by monsters... That is unfortunate.

Lion: Hey, would you mind helping me thin them out some?

Lion: Running into you here had to be fate.

Firion: Sure thing. We can't ignore someone who needs a hand.

Cloud: Our agendas match: we were here to fight monsters, anyway.

Lion: Thanks. You'll be a big help.

Lion: I'll check things out over there. We'll meet up later.

Sazh: You got it! Be careful!

Lion: Ha ha, you too!

Layle: Howdy, Lion. What's the word?

Lion: Terrific. A lot fewer monsters around, thanks to you guys.

Steiner: Hear, hear! A horde of beasts is nothing in the face of our combined might!

Lion: Haha, it must be nice to have such a strong party.

Lion: That being said, your equipment and armor are all quite different. How did you group up?

Mog: Kupo! I can answer that for you, kupo!

Lion: I can't believe it... This isn't Vana'diel?

King: You said you're looking for your party. Can you describe them?

Lion: A bunch of adventurers from Norg. I don't suppose that rings any bells.

King: None for me. Anyone else?

Shantotto: If in Vana'diel you need a pirate, the caves of Norg is where you'll find it.

Lion: Huh!? Professor Shantotto! You're here, too!?

King: You know the doctor?

Lion: Know her? She's a hero of the Great War, renowned as the most powerful black mage...

Shantotto: Ohohoho! That's the very least you could know!

Layle: Pity. You're from the same world, but Shantotto wasn't who you were looking for, eh?

Layle: I haven't heard anything about a group from Norg either.

Lion: I see... I guess I can't hope for much when everyone is from a different world...

Lion: I'm going to search some more. If Professor Shantotto is here, they might be, too...

Layle: Hold on. You're planning to go solo?

Lion: I am. I'd hate to impose on you more than I already have.

Layle: Ugh... Moogle, you okay with that?

Mog: Not at all, kupo! You should stick with us!

Layle: There you have it...

Lion: Really? Are you sure it's no problem?

Steiner: What problem could there be in adding another just companion to our cause?

King: Plus, this moogle is able to detect otherworlders. Maybe your friends, too.

Layle: Agreed, use what you have at your disposal. Now, any more excuses not to join us?

Lion: ...Haha, I can't turn down an invitation like that. You know, Layle, you're more of a busybody than I thought.

Layle: Just a whim.

Lion: I'll take you up on it. Thanks for letting me join your party.

Lion: Hitting the road surrounded by adventurers like this is nothing short of ideal.

Sabin: What do you mean?

Lion: We may still be in the thick of it, but I can't imagine getting the chance to travel with so many friends back home.

Lion: I'm really having a blast.

Yuna: Be that as it may, should we be enjoying ourselves? We still have the missions we were pursuing in our own worlds.

Lion: People are counting on summoners like you to bring peace to the world, aren't they?

Lion: ...When you put it that way, I guess we can't be all that happy-go-lucky.

Lion: Sorry.

Yuna: Oh, no. I like traveling together, too.

Yuna: We all have our problems, but it's having lots of friends that helps us overcome them.

Cecil: Yes. Coming to know the values of alternate worlds, it has become easier for me, too, to shoulder my burden.

Cecil: I began my journey being pursued by the kingdom I believed in, after all.

Lion: Journeys start under all sorts of circumstances, huh?

Yang: Indeed. Mine began as I sought revenge for the destruction of my homeland.

Yang: But now, as you say, I believe it is important we enjoy the journey.

Yang: Mounting summits in particular puts my heart at ease.

Sabin: Man, I hear ya! Mountains are the best!

Lion: You like going to the mountains better than traveling around to all the other places we can go?

Sabin: They're great for training!

Yang: Ahh! Coming face to face with and staring down your own limitations!

Lion: You guys are only talking about training. I suppose that's kind of a journey...

Yuna: Mountains aren't just for training, either. Climbing them can be...tough...

Yuna: But the view on the other side is gorgeous.

Yuna: In our world, there's a holy place called Mt. Gagazet that's always covered in snow.

Yuna: Climbing it and looking out is so beautiful, and...a little lonely.

Sabin: Hmmm, snow, huh? Sounds like it'd make for a good workout...

Yang: ...It stands to reason, if the peak is severe enough...

Sabin: Polishing my skills in the biting, alpine winds might be just what I need to put together a secret technique!

Lion: She's not talking about training. And right when she was getting to the good part...

Lion: But mountains... It'd be nice to check out some different ones on this trip.

Lion: You'll have to tell me more about them next time.

Setzer: Lion, I hear you have a taste for adventure.

Lion: That's right. I want to experience all that I can.

Setzer: In that case, there's no better way to travel than by airship.

Lion: I've been able to ride an airship in this world, but yeah, it would be nice to have one of my own.

Yuffie: You might want to reconsider that! Flying's dangerous!

Lion: I thought you guys use an airship in your world, too. Are you worried I might get airsick?

Setzer: I wish I could say you should trust my flying, but Yuffie's motion sickness is an inviolable law.

Lion: You don't have to worry about me. Air travel sounds fun.

Setzer: Perfect. So how'd you like to spend your time in the skies? Try your luck in the casino? Break some airspeed records?

Faris: Let me toss my hat in here. Airships are bonny and all, but so is the salty breeze aboard a real ship.

Lion: Ooh, sailing. Faris, what kind of ship is yours?

Faris: Nothing like the others. She can cut through the roughest seas without a puff in her sail. ...Are ye alright, Yuffie?

Yuffie: ...Urp. Don't...rock the boat...

Lion: Don't tell me you're seasick just from talking about it...

Yuffie: ...Who, me? I'm fine. I-I mean, if you're fine, I'm fine!

Wakka: You know, you can travel without relying on vehicles, too.

Yuffie: Amen, brother! Who needs vehicles! You're talking chocobo, right? Yeah, a chocobo isn't so bad...

Wakka: In our world, we got these crazy big animals called shoopufs we use for river crossing.

Wakka: They sway a heck of a lot, but that's part of the charm, ya?

Yuffie: !? Why would you ride on something if it sways that much?

Yuffie: It's like you want to hurl...

Yuffie: I'll pass!

Wakka: You're missing out.

Lion: Yuffie, weren't you adventuring in your world? Were you really okay with that bad of motion sickness?

Yuffie: Heck no!

Yuffie: But I'm a noble soul! I'll overcome all ills in the name of treasure! ...I mean justice!

Faris: I get it. Having a goal helps ye get by.

Setzer: Not sure if I should be impressed or appalled by your motivation.

Wakka: I'm telling ya, if you can handle a chocobo, a shoopuf'll be no problem.

Lion: Ahh, adventure... The dream keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Lion: I can't wait to get back to Vana'diel and try out all the other ways to go I haven't even heard of yet.

Layle: That takes care of the Torsion...

Lion: This'll keep down the monsters' numbers around here, yeah?

Bartz: Yup, we can breathe easy for a bit. You sure pack a punch, Lion.

Penelo: But there are still Torsions the world over.

Laguna: In other words, we keep wandering until we close every last one.

Lion: Oh? ...Sounds like we're in for the long haul. Hehe...

Layle: You don't have to look so happy about it.

Lion: My dream has always been to travel the world with my friends.

Lion: Naturally, I wouldn't expect our journey to be easy. Plenty of trouble and pain must be waiting for us...

Lion: But that makes me want to see it all the more.

Lion: What kind of spectacular view awaits after overcoming the hardest trials with your companions?

Layle: Ah, now I get it. You're the posse type. Traveling free from the herd isn't so bad, you know.

Laguna: No, no, Layle! She said it perfectly! As a fellow aspiring journalist, I know exactly what she means!

Penelo: Huh? When did Lion say she wanted to be a journalist?

Layle: Setting journalism aside... Travel has its pleasures. I've done my fair share of wandering.

Bartz: I love to travel! It's so fun to see all the different scenery!

Bartz: ...It'd be even better if Boko were here, too. I wonder how he's doing...

Onion Knight: There's nothing wrong with having fun, but...aren't you looking for your companions, Lion?

Lion: I am worried about them...but Vana'diel's adventurers are no pushovers.

Lion: I bet they've found themselves some new friends and are having a grand old time. Just like me.

Laguna: That's the spirit! You know what they say: the journey with a babe is the reward!

Onion Knight: ...Do they say that where you're from?

Lion: When this adventure is done, I hope I can travel around all your worlds, too.

Lion: You'll come with me then, too, right? Haha, promise?

Bartz: You bet! Leave it to me! I'll lead the way!

Onion Knight: Bartz is leading...?

Penelo: Hehe... The road will be a meandering one.

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

???: ...I don't think I've ever been here before. To what kingdom might this castle belong?

???: Excuse me! Is anyone home?

???: Um... Hello? If you're there, please answer!

???: ...Oh dear. I can't even ask for directions.

???: Zidane, Steiner... Where did everyone go?

Kuja: What's this? It would appear a canary has lost her way.

???: Kuja!

Kuja: Please accept my warmest welcome, Princess Garnet, to the Illusory Palace.

Kuja: It must be fate that brought the two of us together. ...Heh.

Garnet: Of course it was you who separated me from everyone...

Garnet: Tell me! Where am I? Where is everyone else!?

Kuja: You stand atop the palms of divinity...

Kuja: As for your friends, they are mid-performance, acting out their tragedy on this stage of fantasy.

Garnet: Palms of divinity? Tragedy...?

Kuja: A disgusting tale, I assure you, written by capricious gods.

Kuja: Although, your appearance here is also at their direction... Hm, hm, an interesting development indeed.

Garnet: What on earth are you...?

Kuja: Come, my precious canary.

Kuja: Join me in the loge to see how this tragedy plays out. ...Shall we?

Garnet: ...No, thank you!

Kuja: How brave.

Kuja: A canary prone to flight, though, needs to be kept in her cage. ...Ha ha.

(Wave 3: Kuja)

Kuja: Heh... I knew you'd come. But I'm afraid I won't hand over your canary.

Zidane: Canary? You don't mean...!?

Kuja: Argh... Pitiful canary. May you be tossed about by the sea of destiny.

Zidane: Dagger! Are you alright?

Garnet: Yes, I'm unhurt. ...Thank you for coming, Zidane.

Steiner: I'm so happy to see you, Your Highness! To think this day would come!

Steiner: Oh, the sleepless nights I've spent worrying for your safety... Wahhh...!

Zidane: He's moved to tears. ...But it really is a relief to see you safe and sound.

Eiko: I was super, super worried about you, too!

Garnet: Hehe. Thank you, Steiner, Eiko.

Garnet: And you strangers from foreign lands. Thank you very much for risking your lives on my behalf.

Garnet: I am Garnet Til Alexandros. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

Zell: Garnet? Didn't he call you Dagger a minute ago?

Zidane: Oh yeah, I guess she doesn't need to keep it a secret here.

Zidane: Garnet's the princess from a big kingdom. Dagger's the alias she uses while traveling.

Garnet: You've never heard of Alexandria? How can that be?

Eiko: Oh, boy... Where's Mog when you need him?

Steiner: Miss Eiko, allow me! It is a knight's duty to apprise his mistress of the situation!

Eiko: Wow, that's helpful! Take it away, then!

Garnet: I see... That's why Kuja called it the "palms of divinity."

Garnet: A journey to save the world... I wonder if I can be of any help.

Eiko: Of course you can! I guarantee it!

Steiner: Your Highness is simply overflowing with the light!

Hope: I thought Mog was the only one who could tell that.

Zidane: Don't you worry, Princess. Tin can aside, I'll be right there with you.

Zidane: Unless I'm not good enough for you.

Zidane: Alright then, Your Highness...

Zidane: I shall hereby do my best to kidnap you once again.

Garnet: ...Very well. Please do.

Zidane: Hehe.

Zidane: If it's you calling, I'll come for you as many times and wherever you need.

Steiner: Why you...! Zidane! Protecting Her Highness is one thing, but kidnapping is far another!

Zidane: You're complaining about that now?

Zell: Kidnap? Doesn't he mean escort? ...Weird.

Zidane: Say, Garnet. I bet you're beat from all this walking.

Zidane: How about a piggyback ride? Come on, don't be shy!

Garnet: Hehe, thank you, Zidane, but my own feet still work.

Garnet: I can't rely on others forever, you know.

Steiner: Zidaaane! Carrying her Highness piggyback is the height of impropriety!

Firion: I know he's usually in high spirits, but...Zidane sure seems to enjoy having Garnet around.

Vivi: Hehe, right? They're all real good friends.

Firion: Zidane and Steiner, too? I thought they're always fighting.

Steiner: Grrr! He's been pushing his luck ever since Her Majesty joined us!

Vivi: Yeah, look how happy he is!

Steiner: How can you be so lenient? Master Vivi, please have a word with him!

Zidane: C'mon, Rusty, don't be so uptight. Let's enjoy the journey.

Steiner: Yes! My thoughts exactly! Now if you would kindly return to Gaia ahead of us...!

Zidane: Give me a break...

Firion: You are rather high-strung. Maybe it's a knight thing.

Firion: Garnet strikes me as a strong princess.

Zidane: You said it, Firion!

Firion: You see, there's a princess I know who's in charge of an army, but it had to be such burden.

Firion: It's really tremendous that Garnet is fighting for her country.

Steiner: B-but still...!

Garnet: Oh, you come from royalty, too, Edge?

Edge: Yes, ma'am! You're talking to the heir of the royal ninjutsu of the Kingdom of Eblan!

Garnet: Ninjutsu, you say? I do so enjoy hearing stories about other kingdoms.

Edge: Oh ho? How about we go someplace private where I can tell you more?

Steiner: Gahhh! Lord Edge! You are standing too close to Her Majesty!

Zidane: Hold it right there, Edge!

Zidane: Going after Garnet is crossing the line!

Vivi: See? I told you they're friends.

Firion: Ha ha ha, I certainly see the princess is a popular one.

Garnet: This...reminds me of that song... Those melodies...of life...

Vivi: It was her! Over here, guys!

Jecht: Yo, Garnet! 'Preciate the recital!

Ace: It's a beautiful song. Where did you learn it?

Garnet: I heard it often when I was little.

Garnet: When I sing this song, it warms my heart...

Garnet: It reminds me that I'm not alone, and gives me the strength to go on.

King: A favorite song from your childhood...? Sounds a lot like Ace.

Vivi: That's right, you sing a lot, too, don't you?

Ace: There's only a small bit I can remember...

Ace: But I also feel a mysterious comfort when I sing it.

Tidus: Hmmm, I get it. Songs from memory that calm you down...

Jecht: ...Songs, huh. S'pose you'd find something like that in every world.

Tidus: ...You always liked that song.

Garnet: People everywhere have such memories.

Garnet: Sir Jecht, I do so wish to hear your song. Might you sing it for me?

Jecht: Yeah, well, I'd love to.

Jecht: ...If it were that easy.

King: ...Sounds like it has a complicated backstory.

Vivi: You look a little lonely, Mister Jecht.

Jecht: Naw, nothing like that. It's a song everyone loved in our world. Anyone hearin' it'd feel at ease.

Ace: As we did, led here by Garnet's voice.

Ace: There's some invisible power songs may have. Even in different worlds, that power doesn't change.

Jecht: ...Maybe. Even if your world changes... Even if you change, ya can still hear it...

Tidus: It feels like we're a lot closer after hearing people outside of Spira have songs to support them.

Vivi: I wanna hear your song again! Would you sing it one more time?

Garnet: It would be my pleasure.

Garnet: Ahem... Haha, I'm a little nervous.

Garnet: ...So you also asked to be kidnapped to escape your kingdom?

Ashe: There was no other way for me to protect my homeland.

Garnet: I understand how you feel... Painfully so.

Cecil: Why, if it isn't Ashe and Garnet?

Edgar: Two flowers blooming in the desert... Hm, a lovely view indeed.

Garnet: Blooming...? There's not a flower in sight, is there?

Edgar: That innocence suits you all too well, Your Highness.

Ashe: Edgar, you are royalty as well, yes?

Edgar: That is correct. I'm honored you remembered.

Garnet: Do you worry for your subjects back home?

Edgar: I'd be lying if I said I didn't.

Edgar: But the people of Figaro are made of sturdy stuff. They supported their country marvelously whilst I was away battling Kefka.

Cecil: There was never unrest or threat of invasion during your absence?

Edgar: Not once. We ran into a bit of engine trouble with the castle, but civil issues...

Edgar: Well, I suppose it'd also be a lie to say there were never any of those...

Sabin: Haha, you got that right. Things were...complicated.

Sabin: ...Thanks, Edgar.

Edgar: Come, now. Bygones are bygones. And we could get through that because of all the good help we had.

Edgar: A king can only be king with the support of the people around him. I'm sure you feel the same.

Ashe: ...Yes, I am deeply indebted to my retainers and associates.

Garnet: I, too, feel it's thanks to Zidane, Steiner, and the others that I can continue on.

Cecil: ...Thinking ever of your people and blessed with reliable allies... The citizens of your kingdoms must be happy ones.

Cecil: How different from the country I served. The King of Baron was great...but military might changed him.

Garnet: Yes... Power will change even the finest person...

Palom: Heeey! Cecil!

Palom: What're you doing? Get your butt over here!

Yang: We are soon to depart! Please make your preparations!

Edgar: ...Heh. You have your own reliable allies, I'd say.

Cecil: Huh?

Garnet: And a gentle heart. It seems being king might suit you, Cecil.

Cecil: Haha...me, king? Please, do not even jest. I have no intention of instigating a coup d'état.

Garnet: Ah, no, I only meant you have the makings of a fine king. Forgive me.

Cecil: What a fantasy...to be king. A dark knight, not true royalty like you, has no place above others.

Cecil: But...why does something about it ring familiar...?

Cecil: A groggy feeling...of some fragment of a memory...

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

Yuna: Whew... The monsters in this tower are rather fearsome.

Wakka: Just the thing for your summoner's training. We're right behind ya, so don't sweat it.

Tidus: Exactly! You got a hundred and ten percent of our support!

Vivi: Hang in there, Miss Yuna! I'll try my hardest, too!

Yuna: Thank you, everyone.

Yuna: I...wonder if I'm getting stronger.

Eiko: You can do it! I'm cheering for you!

Vivi: Yeah! I can breathe easy just having you here!

Vivi: Don't you think so, too, Mister?

???: ...I wonder about that.

Wakka: Haha... Harsh as ever, Auron...

Tidus: You can say that again. That's why Auron always—

Wakka: ...!? H-h-how long have you been standing there!?

Auron: From a moment ago.

Vivi: Yipes, I was talking to a stranger...

Eiko: Wh-who the heck are you! It's rude to surprise a lady like that! You scared the stuffing outta me!

Tidus: Vivi, Eiko, relax. He's no stranger. You could almost say he's as familiar as they come...

Yuna: It's been a while, Sir Auron. I'm happy to see you again.

Auron: ...This isn't the time for joyous reunions. Look over there.

Vivi: Wah! A monster!

Eiko: Argh! Why does everyone have to pop out of nowhere like that!? If you're gonna show up suddenly, say so first!

Auron: Perfect timing. Yuna, Tidus. Let's see how you've grown.

Yuna: Wha—?

Wakka: Yuna, it's all good. With Auron on our side, we got nothin' to worry 'bout!

Auron: Who said I was joining you?

Eiko: ...Whaaat? I thought you're her friend! Give us a hand here!

Auron: I'll be watching closely. You won't get any help from me.

Vivi: Y-you can't mean that! What if we lose? Then what?

Auron: We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Wakka: Harsh, man... Alright, bring it on!

Tidus: Let's show Auron what we're made of!

Tidus: Yahoo! The winners!

Firion: He really did just watch. Is he some big shot where you're from?

Wakka: Ya, he's a legendary guardian.

Firion: A guardian means...he protects a traveling summoner, was it?

Wakka: Right, and the summoner saves the world. Been there, done that for Sir Auron.

Yuna: Sir Auron journeyed with my father and defeated Sin.

Firion: So if I follow you...defeating Sin's what made him legendary?

Tidus: ...More or less.

Auron: Not bad. You've improved.

Yuna: No, I'm afraid I...still have a long way to go.

Yuna: I've only made it this far with everyone else's support.

Auron: Hah. You should be happy with that.

Auron: The number of guardians you have is the number of people you can rely on.

Auron: The strength of your guardians is a sign of your own strength. Hold your head higher.

Yuna: Y-yes! Thank you, sir!

Firion: He just complimented us.

Tidus: Aren't you happy about it.

Firion: Why shouldn't I be? Someone a big enough deal to be called a legend complimented all my friends.

Wakka: ...Ya can sure be honest when ya least expect it. Or maybe "pure" is the word.

Yuna: Ah, Sir Auron. If it's no problem, might you consider traveling with us...?

Auron: Of course. I intend to.

Auron: Your enemies' strength will also grow from here on out. I will once more escort you as a guardian.

Vincent: A legendary guardian, eh...? How much ability must one have to be called a legend?

Auron: ...Legends don't mean a thing when all the rules have changed. Don't let your guard down just because I'm here.

Vincent: Change the world and titles are irrelevant? Sound reasoning.

Auron: Precisely. And strength doesn't come from an individual's title or power.

Tidus: Why are you two so serious? The gist is, it's everyone's power together that's important. Am I right?

Vincent: ...Hmph. Such innocence.

Auron: Through and through. How much trouble has he caused you?

Tidus: Why's it a given I'm causing trouble!

Auron: As his chaperone, too, I beg your cooperation.

Vincent: Heh. ...Likewise. I can tell he's been a handful for you.

Cyan: An enormous tower, this is. Prodigious in monsters and no top in sight.

Auron: The monsters around here are trivial. ...Let's keep moving.

Zell: You call those trivial!? Man, legend is right!

Cyan: Sir Auron has a superior sword arm and the nerve to match it.

Yang: Indeed. Fighting alongside him is a right fine workout.

Tidus: Can you lay it on a little thicker?

Yuna: Haha, it's truly a great help having you with us, Sir Auron.

Yuna: Running into you in a place like this... Miracles really do happen!

Auron: Not that easily, they don't. I'm here because you are.

Yuna: ...What do you mean?

Zell: It almost sounds like you've been tailing us the whole time.

Auron: Oh ho, you're sharper than you look.

Auron: Just so, I came to this tower and have been observing you for a while.

Yang: What!? I hadn't the slightest!

Cyan: Nor I. My training is clearly far from adequate.

Tidus: Why didn't you show your face sooner!? You're fine watching Yuna struggle!?

Auron: It was to assess the situation; this isn't Spira. And after all...aren't you there to protect her?

Tidus: Well, yeah, but...

Auron: If I couldn't confirm your journey wasn't in error, I wouldn't have offered to help.

Auron: Moreover...I was enjoying myself. Watching all you and your companions put into growing stronger...

Yang: Paternal devotion...you might say.

Cyan: I understand thy feeling all too well, Sir Auron.

Yuna: I want to save the world with everyone else... This isn't Spira, but my mind is made up.

Yuna: So please, lend us your strength in this world, too!

Auron: The start of a new story...eh?

Jecht: Y'know, Auron, you've sure mellowed out.

Auron: ...How long do you think it's been since then?

Jecht: Heh, yeah. My brat's put on an inch or two, too.

Jecht: I owe it to ya... Thanks.

Auron: ...Hm.

Laguna: Oh? Here's a dainty-looking get-together!

Cyan: From Lady Yuna I heard tell these two art old friends.

Jecht: Yup, me and Auron were her old man's guardians.

Sazh: Oh, yeah, did he also have to do that summoner's journey thing?

Steiner: A journey to save the world! They both accomplished such an amazing feat. Truly inspiring!

Jecht: An amazing feat, huh? ...Yeah, well...a lot went down, and I ended up unable to go home...

Jecht: So I had to ask this guy to wipe my kid's nose in my place.

Laguna: Ah, I get it! So you're like Tidus's second pops.

Cyan: To take charge of another man's son...thy trust must be in no small measure.

Auron: ...That's how long we've known each other.

Laguna: I'll be. You two don't look very friendly on the outside...

Laguna: But obviously that's not the case!

Auron: The first impression Jecht left was...horrendous.

Auron: Imprudent, self-satisfied, and reckless. And a bad drunk on top of all that.

Jecht: This guy was as stubborn as they come.

Jecht: And he was so hot-headed, we were like oil and water! I don't know how many times we went at it.

Sazh: Auron, hot-headed! I can't begin to imagine...

Auron: ...It was a long time ago.

Steiner: And in spite of your difficult beginnings, there is no questioning the friendship between you now!

Steiner: In my case, though I could not accept Zidane...my impression of him changed during our struggles together.

Laguna: I'm best buds with my brothers-in-arms! I wonder if they're here, too. I'd sure like to introduce you to them.

Cyan: Ahh...the bonds forged on the battlefield can overcome all.

Sazh: Huh, everybody's got plenty of stories to tell. Say, what're y'all up to later?

Auron: ...I'm game.

Jecht: Alright! I like the sound of that! Been a while since we cut loose!

Hope: The World of Darkness... Are we really going to be okay?

Raijin: Wh-wh-what're ya worried about, ya know? We'll be f-f-fine, ya know!

Zell: Hahaha! Raijin, you're quaking in your boots!

Hope: Aren't you, too?

Zell: Ulp! You could tell?

Galuf: How pitiful. Can't you show a little more spine?

Zell: Easier said than done...

Auron: To lose your nerve before a great trial can happen to anyone... Even me.

Raijin: Wha...? You mean to tell us you've been through this too, ya know?

Auron: ...Of course.

Auron: In my younger days, hoping to change things, I journeyed to hone my skills.

Auron: But in the end...nothing changed. I was insufficiently prepared.

Galuf: Everyone experiences something like that at some point.

Hope: Even you?

Galuf: Quite some time ago...

Galuf: If I had been a bit more dependable, I wouldn't have caused everyone so much trouble.

Auron: Bartz and the others don't seem troubled, though, so it shouldn't trouble you.

Auron: But for the rest of you, we only want you to not choose a path forever regretting the same old rut.

Galuf: In every world, the aged entrust their hopes to posterity.

Hope: ...Yeah, if we want to accomplish anything, we need to conquer ourselves first...

Raijin: Hear! Nothing to it but to do it, ya know! Time to screw our courage after coming this far, ya know!

Zell: I'm ready! If there's anything I don't want, it's regrets!

Auron: You'll define your generation. It is enough to shape your stories without dwelling on them.

Galuf: ...Looks like you spurred them on.

Auron: ...If so, good.

Galuf: ...You know, you don't need to act so decrepit yet though.

Auron: ...What's that supposed to mean?

Galuf: Sure, the aged are supposed to inspire the young, but from where I stand, you're still plenty young.

Galuf: Your tale isn't finished either. Let's keep spinning this yarn together.

Galuf: I jest!

Auron: ...I intend to. I have my own story...

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

???: Huff... Is this the last of them?

???: Argh! There's no end!

???: What on earth...is going on? Why is this happening to me?

???: Oh... Ohhh...

???: Setzer! Cyan!

???: Thank goodness I found you! Where have you—

???: Something's not right...

???: ...No.

Manikin: Ohhhgh... Ough...

???: You're just imitations...

???: It seems I have no choice...but to fight...!

Setzer: ...Blue skies and lustrous clouds. If only I could take the Blackjack for a spin, it'd be perfect...

Setzer: Hm? Is someone there?

Setzer: Celes! Well, this is a surprise! So you were dragged—

Celes: Not a step! Don't you come near me!

Setzer: ...Now what's this about? It's rare to hear you joke around.

Celes: I'm not joking! If you fakes think you can fool me again—

Celes: ...It can talk? And it isn't sparkling like the others...

Setzer: Of course. You fell in with some manikins. It happens a lot around here.

Setzer: How about this? Celes Chere, the brilliant Magitek Knight raised in the Gestahlian Empire.

Setzer: Numerous feats on the battlefield have earned you a reputation as the undefeated general...

Setzer: Not to mention your stunning good looks and equally stunning vocal chords. You could be in the opera.

Setzer: Aren't I well informed? You still doubt I'm the genuine article?

Celes: Setzer...! It's the real you!

Setzer: Welcome to a world abounding in thrills and mysteries. It's good to have you, Celes.

Zell: Aha, there he is. Setzer! You lookin' at the sky again?

Layle: That never gets old with you, does it? ...And who have we here?

Celes: Cyan!

Cyan: Wh-what's this! If it isn't Lady Celes!

Zell: A friend of Setzer and Cyan? That means a new friend of ours!

Layle: Hmm... Presumably a friend of Edgar's then, too.

Celes: Ah, who might you be?

Celes: A different world... Warriors of light... Another, newly formed Returners...

Cyan: It is expected that thou wouldst be confused. I had no easy time grasping it myself.

Layle: Is it that complicated? It all made sense to me.

Zell: You get used to things too easily...

Setzer: We're not alone. Terra and Shadow are here, too. Don't you worry.

Celes: And Kefka... That menace is also here...

Cyan: That villain would lead this world to ruin as well. We mustn't let him roam free!

Layle: So is it safe to assume you'll be coming with us? You have a beef with Kefka, too, I'd wager.

Zell: He's not the only punk up to no good either. You gotta help us out!

Celes: I have no reason to decline. Allow me to join your ranks.

Celes: We'll cut short their wicked ambitions!

Edgar: The dignified rose mayn't choose where it blooms. Your beauty is unchanging.

Celes: As is your philandering, Edgar.

Sabin: Gah-ha-ha-ha! He's always raring to go!

Shantotto: And you're always deafening, you know.

Cecil: There is nothing better than friends with whom you can laugh out loud, Shantotto.

Shantotto: I understand you belonged to the imperial army or somesuch in your land.

Shantotto: Which should make you enemies with these two. What caused you to give them a hand?

Celes: I was a general of the Gestahlian Empire...but no longer...

Edgar: Emperor Gestahl used his military might to invade nations the world over. With Kefka at his side.

Sabin: And Celes had had enough of it! That's why she teamed up with us!

Cecil: You also turned against your homeland...and that courage changed the world...

Celes: I don't know that I'd call it courage...but I am indeed a traitor.

Terra: No, you're nothing of the sort.

Terra: You've risked your life fighting to rescue the innocent.

Edgar: Hear, hear. A true servicewoman is the one who sincerely puts the happiness of civilians first.

Edgar: More properly, it is the emperor who is the traitor. Such a selfish individual is wholly unfit as a head of state.

Shantotto: More importantly...if you hail from the same country, you must know of that clown's pedigree.

Celes: Kefka...and I are the same. We were both artificially infused with magic to become magitek knights.

Cecil: The same!?

Celes: You could say Kefka paid for his power with his sanity.

Celes: One wrong step, and that could have been me...

Sabin: You as mad as Kefka? I can't even begin to imagine it.

Shantotto: Driven mad with magic power? Don't make me sniff. It just shows how fragile his mind was to begin with.

Cecil: Your strength of heart let you resist the temptation of power. At least that is what I believe.

Celes: ...Thank you, Cecil.

Shantotto: Be that as it may...

Shantotto: One man-made magitek knight...

Shantotto: And one natural-born mage...

Shantotto: I couldn't have produced better test subjects had I myself set the stage!

Edgar: Absolutely!

Sabin: Not!

Shantotto: Oh ho ho ho! Haven't you ever heard a joke, you lot?

Terra: It didn't sound like she was joking...

Eiko: I fear I love thee more than I should!

Zidane: Princess... Wilt thou be happy, married to a lowly peasant such as I?

Eiko: Prithee, call me "princess" no more!

Eiko: Wilt thou truly cherish me, the king's only daughter?

Eiko: Or is such a desire too dear to wish for!? After our nuptials, shall I...shall I...

Zidane: "...Become no more than a puppet?"

Eiko: Arrrgh! I completely forgot it! Darn it, darn it, darn it!

Garnet: Haha, shall we take it once more from the top then?

Setzer: What are you all doing here?

Eiko: We're practicing a play. Garnet knows all the lines, so we're going over it from scratch.

Celes: A play?

Vivi: It's called "I Want to Be Your Canary." It's really popular back home.

Setzer: Aha, I see... This sounds like Celes's cue.

Celes: H-hey! Don't even start!

Zidane: You have theater experience?

Setzer: You bet she does. She's even sung the leading role in an enormous opera production.

Celes: I had no choice! You know—

Eiko: Wow, Celes! That's so cool!

Vivi: I'd love to see you in the play!

Garnet: As would I!

Celes: Ulp... W-well, if you insist... Give me a moment to warm up...

Celes: Ahhh, mi mi mi mi~ Ahem, Ma~ri~a~

Setzer: Heh. Not bad.

Celes: O my hero, my beloved, / Shall we still be made to part, / Though promises of perennial love / Yet sing here in my heart?

Celes: I'm the darkness, you're the starlight / Shining brightly from afar. / Through hours of despair, / I offer this prayer / To you, my evening star.

Celes: ...How'd I sound?

Garnet: ...I'm so moved! Your voice is so strong and clear! There's no denying you're a star!

Eiko: I was hypnotized! I could listen to you forever!

Zidane: Yeah, you blew away all my expectations!

Vivi: It was wonderful!

Celes: R-really? Well, I guess I can sing a little more...

Celes: Must my final vows exchanged / Be with him and not with you? / Were you only here to quiet my fear... / O speak! Guide me anew.

Setzer: ...Let's not get carried away now...

Terra: Before you met us, you were attacked by manikins of Setzer and Cyan, right?

Celes: Yes... They looked so much alike, I'm sorry to admit I let my guard down.

Tidus: Those things sure are a piece of work. When I first saw Seymour's manikin, I couldn't tell either.

Bartz: They couldn't fool me! I'd never seen the real Galuf sparkle like that!

Galuf: Good grief. You choose the oddest things to be astute about...

Galuf: Be that as it may, isn't it true you learnt I was here after finding a manikin of me?

Celes: In other words...

Celes: If we see a manikin of someone, it means that person's somewhere out there in this world?

Shadow: That would be a natural conclusion.

Terra: Mog says the manikins are created by Spiritus...

Shadow: If you believe what he says.

Terra: He didn't seem to be lying, though!

Tidus: Now, now, arguing won't get us anywhere.

Celes: Assuming it's true, why would Spiritus make those copies?

Bartz: Ummm, aren't he and the goddess who summoned us on real bad terms?

Celes: Enjoying watching allies fight each other? I did point my blade at Setzer...

Tidus: You mean he's trying to get us all mixed up?

Shadow: That does not explain the manikins of our adversaries from our home worlds.

Tidus: Ah, good point...

Galuf: Manikins usually appear in or around Torsions, a road anyone who's come here has taken...

Galuf: We're bound to learn the source of the manikins in time, wouldn't you say?

Bartz: There's lots of enemies with manikins as lackeys, too.

Celes: So Spiritus makes manikins of anyone who comes through a Torsion...

Celes: And then places them under the command of the warriors he's summoned...?

Tidus: Has she got it right?

Shadow: I can't jump to any conclusions, nor have I a reason to.

Terra: I'll go ask Mog again. Maybe he has something new to tell us.

Celes: I'll go with you. There's plenty more I'd like to know, too.

Shadow: ...Too bad it's a waste of your time.

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

???: So this is how the worlds are connected... But to where does this lead...?

Cecil: Is that...Kain!? You're here!

Edge: Somebody you know, Cecil?

Yang: A dragoon of Baron, he is Lord Cecil's close friend. ...Or was...

Kain: Edge... Yang... I see. You two have lost it as well.

Kain: Cecil... To think you'd lose the hallowed light...

Cecil: What do you mean? What are you doing here?

Kain: ...Don't be so suspicious of me. How long have we known each other? My voice should be enough to understand.

Kain: Be at ease... I have no interest in conflict here. What we hope to protect is the same.

Mog: Kupo! He entered the Torsion, kupo!

Warrior of Light: Does he intend to close it by himself?

Edge: He'll be in a bind if he is! Let's go give him a hand!

Cecil: I know we ought to. But Kain...

Yang: He broke off relations with Lord Cecil to serve under a villain. My homeland, too, was...by his forces...

Warrior of Light: He appeared to be concerned for your wellbeing, though.

Warrior of Light: That you had lost something...

Cecil: You lost some of your memories when you came here. It is to that he must have been referring.

Edge: Come to think of it, he knew my name.

Edge: I don't know any dragoons... Huh? Or...do I...?

Yang: Is there something we may have forgotten about Lord Kain and ourselves...?

Cecil: Let us enter this Torsion as well. If Kain knows anything...it would be in our interest to know as well.

Edge: Amen! This is gonna bug me if we don't clear things up!

Cecil: Mog...there is something I would ask you.

Mog: Kupo?

Cecil: The light... Did you sense it in him?

Mog: If he's planning to use his powers properly, then it's the light, kupo!

Cecil: ...I see.

(Wave 3: Kain)

Cecil: Kain!? Why!?

Kain: ...That should be obvious. Draw your blade, Cecil!

Cecil: Gr...!

Bartz: The Torsion closed! Wait, that means...!

Kain: I created it. And by defeating me, you closed it.

Cecil: Why, Kain! Why would you threaten the world this way!

Cecil: Unless... Is someone manipulating you!?

Squall: ...This isn't like you.

Squall: Would you mind speaking so we can follow along, too?

Onion Knight: Tell us what's going on. Wasn't there something you wanted to know?

Kain: ...That moogle is not here.

Kain: Have you noticed while battling in this world a feeling that your strength is being drawn out of you?

King: Yeah, we have wondered about that.

King: It seems most obvious when fighting inside a Torsion.

Kain: How about when fighting against me, a warrior from another world like yourselves?

Squall: It was more pronounced than going up against manikins or monsters...maybe.

Bartz: Ah! Come to think of it, it might've felt that way whenever we fight those other guys, too!

Onion Knight: So you picked a fight with us to figure that out.

Kain: I don't have all the answers.

Kain: Only...I've been told what's draining your strength is that moogle.

Cecil: Who told you that?

Kain: You aren't ready to know.

Cecil: Because I've...forgotten something important?

Cecil: Kain... Please tell me. I... What have I lost?

Kain: Something meaningless if you can't remember on your own.

Squall: So what now? Going back to whoever is feeding you info?

Kain: That was my plan...

Bartz: And you're just gonna leave your friend worried and confused?

Kain: He's the one who does not trust me... But you are right, warrior from another world.

Kain: I cannot leave Cecil in this state. I will join you on your journey.

Onion Knight: That would be a big help. Let's share what we know.

Cecil: Kain... Can I trust you...?

Kain: Call me a traitor if you like. ...I will bring the light back to my friend.

Zell: Yo, Kain! How do you train to jump like that?

Zell: You can jump really high, right? I wanna jump like you, too!

Kain: Many years of dragoon training. It's not something you'll learn in a day.

Bartz: Huh, you don't say.

Bartz: In our world, the crystals can give us all sorts of jobs—er...powers.

Bartz: I guess it's a little different from how Kain does it, but I could jump, too!

Vaan: Hmmm... I know we had all sorts in our world, but did we have dragoons?

Rem: Even if we use the same word for it, a dragoon can be completely different from world to world, it seems.

Rem: In Orience, there was a kingdom whose soldiers fought while mounted on dragons.

Zell: Get out! Oh, man, that's so rad!

Rem: Our countries were at war, though, so they were our enemy...

Vaan: That sucks.

Kain: A lively party... ...Cecil?

Cecil: ...Our friends from other worlds have been able to accept Kain without prejudice.

Cecil: And yet I...cannot even trust my dear friend...

Kain: ...That's not your fault.

Cecil: Kain...I... I am sorry...

Kain: It's fine. In the memories you have now, I am still a traitor.

Cecil: Is there no way you will tell me what I've forgotten?

Kain: No. If you cannot reclaim it yourself, your hallowed light will have no brilliance to it.

Kain: And it does nothing to change the fact that I did betray you.

Vaan: Are you talking about something serious?

Zell: Hey, we know we can count on him! Don't sweat the small stuff!

Bartz: You alright, Cecil?

Cecil: Yes... Sorry to worry you. Let us be on our way.

Yuna: Watching you reminds me of one of my guardians.

Kain: ...What do you mean?

Yuna: He also wields a spear... I could always count on him.

Vivi: One of my friends is a dragoon, too. She's really cool!

Firion: Dragoons in my world had already died out... Kain, what was their state in your home?

Kain: The Dragoons of Baron stood shoulder to shoulder with the Red Wings, our air force.

Kain: Though in recent years perhaps, the king's favor fell more so upon the Red Wings.

Firion: What made you decide to become a dragoon?

Kain: Heh... You are a curious lot. What is the point in asking such a thing?

Vanille: Is it so weird to want to hear about a friend?

Cloud: ...It's just small talk.

Firion: Forgive us if it's something you'd rather not share. I just wanted to know more about your world.

Yuna: Everyone is interested since there's so much we don't know about each other.

Kain: ...Is that so?

Kain: I...chose the life of a dragoon out of pride.

Vivi: Were you always with Mr. Cecil? You're best friends, right?

Kain: Yes... We grew up together.

Vanille: You're childhood friends? Oh! Mine also uses a spear.

Vanille: ...Where could she be now? She just popped into my mind.

Vivi: I'm sure you'll see her again.

Firion: Though best friends, you and Cecil are having a hard time of it...

Cloud: It's the Torsions... They've taken something from all of us.

Yuna: ...It's a little scary. I wonder what it is I don't remember.

Kain: You'll remember eventually as we journey on.

Kain: The question is, what will you do when what was lost is reclaimed?

Cloud: Everyone from your world seems to have lost something pretty important.

Kain: Indeed, but...

Kain: With comrades such as all of you, I'm certain they'll regain it.

Firion: That's right... We're all in this together.

Warrior of Light: You've grown more pensive since Kain joined us.

Zidane: Is it whatever you can't remember from back home that's eating you?

Cecil: ...Indeed. I've lost something important that for the life of me...I just can't figure out.

Cecil: But more painful than that is this cold-hearted distrust of my friend.

Cecil: Have I...let my heart become as black as this armor...?

Zidane: For such a softie, you're way too hard on yourself.

Warrior of Light: As am I. Everyone has missing memories to some extent or another... I know this thanks to him.

Zidane: I trust Kain. After all, he's sticking his neck out there for everyone, right?

Warrior of Light: Agreed. His spear shows us the way.

Warrior of Light: The mystery to be solved is the Torsions...

Cecil: If we can know them, we can know what it is we have lost, is it?

Cecil: You two are right. There is nothing to gain in fretting...

Zidane: The way I see it, Kain's defending you along with the rest of us.

Zidane: Any doubts you have'll clear up eventually, hear?

Cecil: Thank you, Zidane. As I am, I will do what I can to believe that.

Kain: Cecil and his companions were summoned by this Materia...

Kain: Could the difference in our memories have to do with who summoned us?

Spiritus: Warrior burdened with the mark of treachery... Go, and protect my world!

Kain: As though I would fight for your sake.

Kain: I fight...to protect my friend.

???: ...You came, Kain.

???: Now, to Cecil's side with you...

Kain: Heh... My thoughts exactly.

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

???: No! Leave me be!

???: Ah! A hiding spot!

???: ...Whew. Finally they're gone.

???: How did I get myself into this...? I can't even tell where I am.

???: Nor can I take another step. I'm exhausted...

???: ...I wish the others were here. Firion... Sniff...

???: Oh? What's this?

???: Wild rose... The rebel army's password. A flower of hope that connects us.

???: Blooming even here, deep in these woods, unwithered and full of vigor.

???: ...No, I mustn't give up now.

???: If I continue running, I should find the others! This is no time to stop!

???: ...You have my thanks.

Firion: This forest is crawling with monsters. Let's watch our step...

Yang: Hrm! Speak of the devil...!

???: Firion...!

Firion: Maria!? Is that you!?

Maria: Ah! Firion, I finally found you!

Firion: I'm glad to see you safe and sound. Did you come through this forest on your own?

Maria: I thought I was a goner with all the fiends at my heels...

Maria: But...at the moment I had nearly given up hope, I came across a patch of wild rose that reminded me of you and the others...

Maria: That gave me just what I needed to carry on.

Firion: I see. We owe it to the wild rose...our password in the rebellion.

Galuf: Rebellion? Is she also one of your Returners?

Shadow: ...Her face is unknown to me. A new recruit?

Firion: There's a resistance back in our world, too. Maria and I both fought together for the rebel army.

Maria: Returners? Back in our world?

Layle: How about you fill her in, Firion?

Firion: Maria, try not to panic, but the world we're in now...

Maria: ...So it's the fault of these Torsions that we've all been torn from our homes.

Layle: We're all in the same boat here. Summoned by a "god" of some sort to fight for the "sake of the world."

Yang: If we do not defend this world, our home worlds are also at risk of being consumed... In other words, we also fight to protect our own worlds...

Yang: Or that is what Lord Mog has professed...

Shadow: With no evidence to back up the claim.

Galuf: Moreover, it's not only the villains who can create Torsions... We're up to our necks in mysteries.

Firion: Did you happen to feel as though your strength was being drawn out of you when you passed through the Torsion or while battling monsters?

Maria: Come to think of it, my legs were trembling...but I had assumed it was from fear and exhaustion...

Shadow: If only it were just that.

Layle: My employer, the Returners, is the group trying to get to the bottom of why we're here and what these gods are up to.

Maria: Leave it to Firion to join the rebellion in a completely different world.

Firion: Our other friends from the rebel army must be here, too.

Firion: Let's find them together. And uncover the mysteries of this world! You will join us, won't you?

Maria: But of course! I wouldn't want to disappoint any of you!

Galuf: Ho ho ho! Admirable confidence.

Yang: We will put our faith in you, Lady Maria!

Wakka: Alrighty then. That's enough of a break. Let's hit the road again, yeah?

Penelo: ...Huh? I don't see Yuna.

Yuna: Sorry to keep you!

Yuna: Forgive me, I must have started to doze off...

Vaan: Ha ha, no kidding! Nice bed head!

Yuna: Eh!? B-bed head!?

Yuna: Ohhh, not again...

Vaan: You know, for as much as you look like you've got it together, you can be pretty scatterbrained sometimes.

Wakka: Right? She's been like that since way back when.

Maria: Since way back? Are you two childhood friends?

Yuna: We grew up together like siblings in the same village.

Maria: Like siblings... Just like me and Firion.

Wakka: Oh yeah? You two also have a long history together?

Firion: I was without mother or father, so Maria's took me in.

Vaan: Oh, so you're family.

Maria: Yes. We had a quiet life together in a small town in the Kingdom of Fynn.

Maria: ...Until the day the Palamecian Empire attacked...

Maria: We lost both our parents...and though our brother Leon escaped with us, we were separated from him, too...

Yuna: ...How dreadful. I'm so sorry...

Penelo: Imperial invasions happen in any world...huh...

Penelo: War takes everyone... Family... Homeland...

Wakka: It always felt like Spira was full of tragedy...but I guess every world has to put up with its share of crapola...

Wakka: Shoot! Can't start dwelling on the past!

Vaan: Separated from your brother...'cause of the empire...

Maria: Did you...go through something similar in your world?

Vaan: Me and Penelo are both orphans, too. It's a pretty common story. But that doesn't mean we're alone.

Firion: That's right. We're not alone. Even if the world changes, that's still the same.

Firion: So let's keep our eyes on the future. Surely Leon, too, will...

Maria: Yes, you're right. Let's go!

Wakka: Fore that, though, let's give Lady Yuna a chance to fix her hair.

Yuna: Oooh, Wakka!

Celes: Ah...a dead end. There's not much we can do about a rampart such as this.

Auron: We'll have to turn back and look for another way around.

Cater: Whaaat!? We already came this far! What a waste!

Vanille: Yeah, isn't there something we can do? Maybe try climbing it?

Celes: Please... What if someone falls?

Auron: I doubt anyone plans on falling...

Mog: Let's give up here, kupo. I'll start looking for another route.

Vanille: Hey, can't you float us over the wall?

Mog: Not likely, kupo... It's not even an emergency, and if I dropped someone midway...kupo...

Cater: Well, there is NO way I'm going back the way we came.

Celes: This isn't going anywhere... Maria, what do you think?

Maria: I understand how Cater feels, but we shouldn't consider scaling it.

Maria: We have children like Vivi and Eiko with us, too, after all. Do try to bear it.

Cater: Yeah... I guess that would be hard on them.

Vanille: If we can't climb it...what if we knocked it down?

Auron: What are you thinking...?

Vanille: Haha, I was only joking.

Maria: ...Why didn't I think of that...?

Maria: Mog, are there any cannons on the airship?

Mog: Kupo? C-cannons, kupo?

Maria: Or maybe Cater's guns have enough magic power...

Auron: Maria? Don't tell me...

Maria: It's settled! Let's blow this thing up!

Celes: You can't be serious! The whole wall!?

Vanille: Yeah, I don't know about that...

Cater: I'm in! The best answer is the simplest one!

Celes: H-hold on! If you blow it up, what about all the debris!?

Auron: Crushed under a collapsing wall is just as much a dead end.

Cater: Uh, didn't think about that. We could hide behind something...but I don't see anyplace...

Mog: Another route is the only answer, kupo. Give it up, you two.

Maria: I thought it was a good idea...

Auron: "Let's blow this thing up!" She's more of a firecracker than I would have expected.

Celes: Indeed... Doubtless she's seen her fair share of mayhem in the rebel army.

Maria: It is not only back home, but in this world, too, the battles are unceasing...

Maria: The peaceful days spent with my family have become a distant memory...

Cait Sith: Oh, Maria?

Cait Sith: What's got you so down?

Maria: ...I'm sorry. I was thinking of home...

Seven: Yours and Firion's...?

Ramza: You had mentioned your hometown was caught up in war, and you were separated from your family...

Ramza: There is no end to conflict in my world as well. ...I share your pain.

Chelinka: It's sad and scary to lose family... For your family to lose you, too...

Chelinka: But...you can't lose hope... Once you do, you can never change your fate...

Chelinka: I know there's still hope for your world, so please...don't give up...

Kain: ...Agreed. Everyone—even those in similar circumstances—that's what we're fighting to protect.

Maria: You're all too kind...

Seven: Oh, yeah. Cait Sith, how about a fortune telling?

Cait Sith: Fortune telling? Of what?

Seven: Maria's fortune, of course. Isn't that your deal?

Cait Sith: Oh, you better believe it! Let's give it a whirl!

Cait Sith: Beyond ordeals lies an unexpected reunion. Your lucky color is a daaark one...

Seven: Look at that. A reunion awaits you.

Kain: Ordeals, eh... Will those be obstacles before you...or within?

Ramza: But whatever could, "Your lucky color is a dark one," mean?

Cait Sith: Hmm... It's just a regular fortune, so maybe a connection to something black?

Chelinka: But doesn't that give you something to look forward to now?

Maria: ...Haha, thank you.

Maria: Yes, I do think that fortune gave me a little bit of hope.

Cait Sith: Oho! I couldn't be happier to hear it! Fortune must be smiling on this fortune-telling machine!

Maria: If I can live with my family again...

Maria: I will overcome any ordeal I must!

Seven: That's the spirit.

Ramza: Aye, and we will aid you in any way we can.

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

Mog: There's a Torsion hidden deep inside this forest, kupo! Let's go!

Vivi: ...Huh? What're we waiting for?

Cecil: ...It would seem we are being stalked.

Edge: Yeah it would...

Mog: Kupo? What do you mean, kupo?

Edge: You can't tell? There's a pack of monsters breathing down our necks.

Bomb: Grrrrrr...!!

Vivi: Ack! Wh-why're there so many!?

Cecil: And they look particularly bloodthirsty.

Mog: I don't get it, kupo! We didn't do anything to upset them, kupo!

Bomb: Graaagh!!

Vivi: Wahhh!!

Cecil: Vivi! Are you alright!?

Vivi: Y-yeah, somehow...

Vivi: But look at these monsters... Was someone scribbling on them?

Cecil: Scribbling...?

Bomb: Grrrowl!

Edge: Whoa, you're right! Take a look! They're all covered in doodles!

Cecil: That explains their ire.

Mog: Kupo! We've been framed, kupo! Who's responsible for this, kupo!?

Bomb: Groarrr!

Edge: Save your interrogation! Here they come!

Mog: Kupo... That was a close one...

Bartz: Been a while since I've seen monsters that angry.

Yuffie: Even if they're monsters, drawing all over them's a nasty trick.

Wakka: ...Ya know, Yuffie, you should prolly come clean sooner of later, yeah?

Yuffie: Hm...? M-me!?

Mog: Good point... That's exactly the sort of prank Yuffie would pull, kupo.

Yuffie: H-hang on a minute there! It wasn't me!

Cecil: Hmmm...

Yuffie: Ahhh! Don't you start suspecting me, too! Ya'll keep doubting me like that, I'm gonna turn to a life of crime!

???: Waughhh! Lemme alone!

???: Wau...uh?

Cecil: Is that...Palom!?

Palom: Alright! This is in the bag! Come and get it, you stupid monsters!

Bomb: Grrrrrr...!!

Mog: That face... They're really angry, kupo...

Cecil: ...Palom, is this your doing?

Palom: Perfect timing! These dummies have got the shortest tempers!

Wakka: So would anyone if you draw all over them!

Yuffie: Whew! This clears my name!

Bartz: Don't feel relieved yet!

Bomb: Graaaaaagh!!

Palom: Heh heh! That takes care of that!

Steiner: I will have no heh-heh-ing from you! You nearly got us killed!

Cecil: Explain yourself, Palom.

Palom: Ulp... You're not angry...are you?

Steiner: Of course we are, you little prankster!

Yuffie: And how! You made everyone turn on me!

Palom: Aww, but there're so many monsters around here, you know? So I thought I'd practice my magic a little and clean their clocks.

Vivi: You mean...all by yourself?

Palom: Of course! Who do you think you're talking to? I'm the great Palom, magical prodigy of Mysidia!

Vivi: Wow, really? That's pretty cool!

Cecil: ...And? What does magic practice have to do with doodling on monsters?

Palom: Er, well...

Palom: They were all sleeping so peacefully, I couldn't resist, and one thing led to another...

Cecil: And they woke up and pursued you in their anger...

Zidane: Good grief, who would prank a pack of monsters?

Mog: Kupo! But, but! That's exactly the type of adventurous spirit we'll need in the heat of battle, kupo!

Yuffie: Gee, that's a nice way to excuse it.

Cecil: Mog, is it safe to assume Palom's will is also of the light?

Mog: It is, kupo! I want this mischievous black mage on our team, kupo!

Palom: Great! 'Cause I was coming with ya anyway!

Steiner: This does not sit well with me.

Palom: Don't look so gloomy, Pops! Be glad I'm here to help you out!

Yuffie: What an attitude.

Steiner: I cannot claim to see much difference from you.

Yuffie: Don't you compare me with that kid!

Palom: My magic's the best under the sun! Just wait and see!

Vivi: I'm Vivi! I'm a black mage, too!

Palom: No kidding? Not bad for a squirt!

Palom: Alright then! I'll teach ya some real great magic over there! C'mon!

Zidane: If Vivi has a new friend, it can't be a bad thing...right?

Chelinka: Yuri! Where are you? Yuuuri!

Tifa: Palom! If you can hear us, come on out!

Mog: No luck, kupo... They're nowhere to be found.

Kain: The monsters in the vicinity are fierce. We mustn't let our guard down.

Chelinka: Oh dear... Yuri!

Tifa: Let's split up one more time. They can't have gone that far.

Palom: Hey, how's it goin'?

Chelinka: Yuri! Palom!

Palom: Huh? Why's everyone so shocked to see us?

Tifa: You should know why! You're the ones who ran off without telling anyone!

Mog: Where were you two, kupo?

Yuri: There was this real interesting looking spot, so we went to go investigate.

Palom: It was dark and damp and spooky. We had a blast!

Chelinka: And all by yourselves... What if some monsters found you!

Palom: Me and Yuri'd take care of 'em!

Chelinka: That's not what I'm talking about.

Chelinka: I was so worried... Can't you be even a little sorry!

Yuri: Sorry, sorry! We'll be more careful next time...

Tifa: Palom, do you understand, too?

Tifa: ...? Palom?

Palom: We were wrong... Sorry to make you worry about us...

Tifa: No way! He actually...!

Mog: Apologized, kupo! And didn't make any excuses!

Kain: What curious turn of events might this be?

Palom: Getting chewed out by Chelinka just reminded me of my sister...

Yuri: You have a sister?

Palom: Yeah, older twin sister. Her name is Porom. She's a white mage.

Tifa: Huh... Are you at all similar?

Kain: Other than appearance, not in the least.

Palom: I'm so jealous that Yuri gets to have his sister here with him.

Palom: We were always together, but now...

Tifa: Cheer up. I'm sure we'll run into her soon.

Mog: She might already be here, kupo! We should hurry up and find her!

Chelinka: Yes, we can't leave her all alone in a dangerous place like this.

Palom: Hey, she isn't the wimp you seem to think she is! Monsters won't get her that easily!

Palom: We're the magical prodigies of Mysidia, after all!

Palom: You'll all help me look for her, right?

Chelinka: Of course.

Vivi: Here I go! Pow!

Palom: Ohhh! You did it, Vivi! All that training paid off!

Vivi: Hehe... Thanks, Palom. You think I got a little stronger?

Palom: Yeah, you did! Now you can use real great magic, too!

Palom: Let's go show everyone! This calls for a real great exhibition ceremony!

Vivi: E-exhibition...?

Cait Sith: Hey, now, what's all the buzz about?

Ashe: I do not know. I was simply asked to come here.

Palom: Heya! Sorry to keep all y'all waiting!

Palom: Vivi's gonna show you all the real great magic I taught him! Aren't ya, Vivi!

Vivi: Uh, hi there...

Palom: Oh? And here's a monster!

Palom: Alright, Vivi! Do your stuff!

Vivi: O-okay...!

Vivi: Ahhh! I can't handle this by myself!

Red Dragon: Rrrgh...!

Ramza: Vivi! Look out!

Ashe: To his aid!

Cait Sith: On my way!

Vivi: Whew... That was scary...

Palom: Aw, Vivi! Quit yer whining! That thing woulda been toast with your real great magic!

Vivi: Wh-what do you think I am...?

Palom: sometimes ya gotta bluff it! Puff yer chest out and face it like a man!

Cait Sith: You're sure a feisty lad.

Ramza: Verily, I am fain to believe he would not back down before any foe.

Palom: You got that right! Watch this! I'll show you how strong I really am!

Palom: Waaaugh! Even I can't handle this many all at once!

Cait Sith: Now what?

Ashe: I suppose some things you cannot bluff.

Ramza: That is what for we have our brothers- and sisters-in-arms.

Vivi: Right! Let's help him! Palom, we're coming!

Depending on your progress in the story, characters you have yet to recruit may appear in these events.

Golbez: ...So you will go.

Kuja: I need to know. Being a puppet isn't my style.

Kuja: You've felt it, I'm sure. That sensation of someone draining away our power...

Golbez: Furthermore, that moogle... It is no mere spirit...

Golbez: If you are at their side, you may learn its true identity.

Kuja: My plans aren't so grandiose as that.

Kuja: ...The audience has simply tired of waiting for me to take the stage.

Mog: Kupo! A Torsion is forming, kupo!

Zidane: Kuja... So this is one of your Torsions, is it?

Kuja: Why, so it is. You need something to fight, don't you? How can we call this a show without an action sequence?

Mog: Your underhanded theatrics end here, kupo!

Steiner: Why you! This time you will get the drubbing you deserve!

Kuja: Heh... Yes, do give it all you've got.

Setzer: ...I suspect he's bluffing; dare we play along?

Zidane: He's not getting away this time. I'll drag the truth out of him if I have to!

Kuja: You should save that line for after you've won the battle.

Kuja: Now then... The villain, yours truly, is thus trounced...

Kuja: And the Torsion vanishes. All according to the moogle's script, I do believe.

Balthier: If there's something you want to say, try spitting it out.

Zidane: What is it you know? About Mog? About the Torsions?

Kuja: Heh heh... Well, for example...how about this?

Mog: Kupo!? These are...dimensional coordinates!?

Vivi: Huh!? Does that mean...Kuja's gonna fight for us!?

Mog He can now, kupo. He doesn't have to travel with us, but we can call on him anytime, kupo...

Edgar: Then do tell, what's your motive? I assume that know-it-all smirk isn't an act.

Kuja: This is just a cameo for now...

Kuja: It will be a while yet before I take center stage.

Balthier: Please... start pretending you're the leading man and you'll be sorry to find someone else already in the spotlight.

Zidane: Hold on! I'm not done with you!

Mog: ...Should I try summoning him, kupo?

Edgar: No, he's not the type to engage in decent conversation anyway. More importantly...

Zidane: Vivi... Calling him an "ally" all of a sudden has to be hard to swallow.

Vivi: I don't know...

Vivi: I feel scared...but I also feel like I need to be brave enough to accept that his powers can help us...

Balthier: I'm not surprised it's confusing for you. The man was your enemy back in your world.

Edgar: The rest of us don't know anything about him, but we can appreciate how complicated your feelings must be.

Edgar: But thinking about our next steps, if you'll forgive me saying so, we stand to profit from his abilities and knowledge.

Zidane: What he's done back in our world is completely unforgivable. Especially what he's done to your friends...

Zidane: Even so...I think we might need him here.

Vivi: Yeah... I know...

Zidane: If it looks like Kuja's going back to his old tricks for even a second, I'll be there to rein him in. 'Kay?

Balthier: Why do I feel left out?

Edgar: If such a thing happens, we'll all be here to make things right.

Zidane: Ah...yeah. That's right. We're in this together.

Vivi: Thanks... Everyone. I'll do my best, too, and think things over.

Zidane: Kuja's...gotta be planning to alter his fate back home.

Zidane: Vincent, weren't you trying to do something similar?

Vincent: ...Yes, though it ended in failure.

Tidus: How can someone even alter fate to begin with?

Shantotto: Well, creating Torsions is a power we all possess.

Shantotto: So manipulating the jumble of time and space within them would be my guess.

Vincent: That's the idea.

Garnet: The Torsions also affected our memories when they brought us here, did they not?

Vincent: They distort time itself. For instance, some who should have already passed are living and breathing among us...

Vincent: Yet this fact hardly strikes us as strange... Whether that's also the work of the Torsions, I don't know...

Vincent: I don't know, but...it was enough to make me think the sins I'd committed were redeemable.

Shantotto: Short of even a hypothesis.

Shantotto: To be of use to my research, such details are worthless.

Vivi: People who've already died...are living among us...

Tidus: That means Kuja has someone he wants to bring back to life?

Zidane: If there's any mortal fate he wants to change...it's his own.

Zidane: Kuja can't accept that his days are numbered.

Vincent: I searched for some means under that mage Kefka, and did little more than err for it.

Vincent: It's unlikely Kuja will have any better success.

Tidus: ...Everyone dies eventually.

Vivi: Yeah... That's what we leave memories for.

Tidus: Exactly!

Tidus: If I'm gonna disappear at some point, if someone remembers me...even just once in a while...that's enough for me.

Vivi: ...Me, too. That's why I'm traveling with everyone...

Garnet: To leave memories... No doubt our adventure here will become valuable memories, too.

Zidane: Yeah. ...Be nice if Kuja could come around to see things that way.

Lightning: It seems that Kuja is only interested in being evasive, and isn't going to give us a whit of information.

Cyan: What sort of man is he?

Zidane: "What sort..."? Man, where to start?

Steiner: He fomented strife the world over by manipulating Alexandria from the shadows.

Eiko: It is all his fault the kingdom fell to shambles!

Cyan: So it is fair to say he is not a man of virtue.

Lightning: The situation sounds more complicated for Zidane and Vivi, though.

Vivi: Kuja created all of us black mages in our world...

Vivi: A lot of my friends were used like tools and got really hurt.

Zidane: ...Kuja's own life was created to be a tool for someone else.

Zidane: Learning that drove him to despair. He probably...wants to change that.

Lightning: Do you think changing his fate would be beneficial for all of you as well?

Steiner: Such as turning everything back to the way things were...?

Eiko: No! That wouldn't solve anything!

Vivi: ...Yeah. A lot of bad things happened...but we shouldn't act like they didn't happen.

Cyan: To fear death...and regret one's failings are feelings present in anyone.

Cyan: ...The number of times I have lamented my country's ruin, the loss of my family, are uncountable...

Steiner: However...it is because of our journey that the princess and I are who we are today.

Cyan: Verily. It is what lies beyond after seeing it through those terrible memories.

Lightning: Anyway, still nothing proves we or the gods here have any power to meddle with time back in our own worlds.

Lightning: You have to keep your eyes front and move on. ...Regret is a waste of time.

Zidane: Yeah, I know.

Eiko: I'm with you, Lightning! When the going gets tough, I'm going with my eyes front!

Steiner: Indeed... Let us carry on.

Vivi: ...Zidane?

Zidane: I'm fine, Vivi. You go on ahead.

Zidane: Kuja...please... At least in this world...don't go down the wrong path...

Zidane: Maybe if it's someplace within my reach...I can help you.

Kuja: My, my... What a strong cast.

Irvine: Oh, it's the show-off pretty boy. What's the occasion?

Terra: If you've come here without Mog summoning you, that means...

Edgar: You have something to tell us that's not for moogle ears.

Kuja: Heh... No pivotal revelations quite yet. We wouldn't want to spoil the story.

Serah: Then tell us what you can. I don't care who it's from; I just want answers.

Kuja: ...Such a strong heroine.

Kuja: Let us talk about gods, today. Two gods who created a world.

Warrior of Light: The goddess who summoned us, Materia... And the other being Spiritus...

Kuja: Yes, Materia and Spiritus—a perpetually bickering pair.

Kuja: I was summoned by Spiritus. His sole concern is power, and he pays little heed to one's...people skills in their worlds.

Irvine: Well, that's funny. Didn't the two of them make the world?

Kuja: Yes, they created it, but therein arose some abnormalities...

Edgar: And though they should be working together to fix things, they can't agree on the means and quarrel to no end...?

Kuja: That quarrel is merely the superficial layer of this tale... What's eating away at the world is something more complex.

Serah: You're not saying that's Mog, are you?

Terra: But Mog! Mog's been guiding us...

Irvine: Can anyone here come up with some proof either way?

Edgar: ...We'll keep your words in mind. I'm sure they'll come in handy.

Kuja: Heh heh... Please carry on dancing until the climax.