"When will we reach Centra?" the headmaster asked.
"Dunno," Kiros said while piloting the ship with Ward. "It's not gonna take long, though."
Cid sat down. Everything that had happened lately had been quite a stress to him. The varying success in the war, the attack against the Garden... Many of his friends had died when the G-Garden was destroyed. It had been a relief when he had heard that Irvine hadn't been there but still it was a bit too much for an old man. Sometimes he thought about moving to Centra with Edea, but now wasn't the time. A man had to do what a man had to do and to Cid it meant that he'd have to ensure the safety of the B-Garden during the war.
But who knows what will happen after the war.
Edea's house, the old orphanage, was a lonesome sight. That building, the only inhabited place on the continent, was the last trace of civilization that had once existed in Centra. Eighty years ago the phenomenom called Lunar Cry demolished everything there, filling the place with monsters, making it a deserted wasteland and a great place for a possessed sorceress to live.
"You three, could you please wait here. I want to see my wife alone first..."
"Of course, sir," Fujin said.
Headmaster Cid went inside the house.
"What a weird couple," Kiros said and leaned on the wall.
Fujin was quiet and Ward just nodded his head. Kiros tried to awake some conversation:
"You don't talk too much, don't you?" he said to Fujin.
"Only as much as I need. Now I feel like I don't need to talk. Besides, your friend seems like a quiet type, too."
"Oh, Ward is mute. He lost his voice in a battle here in Centra seventeen years ago. I was there with Laguna as well."
"Hmm. So you're older than I thought. I wonder, maybe you're too old to fight."
"Was that a challenge?"
"...no."
It became ackwardly silent again. The weather was as chilly as usual, making Kiros shiver.
"It's not unusual that old people can't stand cold." Fujin felt like she had to say that.
"Funny," Kiros responded sarcastically.
A little while later Cid came outside with Edea.
"We have come to an agreement," Edea said.
"That's right," Cid said and continued: "The negotiations shall be arranged here."
