Chapter 3 The Airship
"Sabin?" I choked. "Yeah, tha's wha 'e said 'is name was." The boy beckoned to me, and I followed, almost outdistancing him because I was so anxious. At last, we got into the cafe. There, at a middle table, was a man of tall stature eating vast amounts of food. This man was Sabin René Figaro, twin brother to Edgar Figaro, King of Figaro Castle. "Lopchk!" he shouted. "What?" I said, confused. He promptly swallowed and said, "Good to see you again!" I went to sit down with him, and all of a sudden his expression went grave. "We've had reports of a great evil that makes espers go crazy, and magic to go off target. Maybe you've experienced it?" he said hopefully. "Yes... yes that makes sense! One of my espers attacked an old man, and a fire spell hit a lady, and I didn't even try!" I spluttered. "It's happened at Figaro," he said, "and Terra and Celes say it has happened to them too." He finished. "You mean you've talked to them?" I said. He replied slowly, as if he didn't want to answer this particular question: "We've kept in touch, but we have all decided we should get everyone together, for one last fight." This made me feel increasingly better, as I had been alone for nearly four months. This time when he continued his speech, it was happy. "Setzer let me borrow the airship, and everyone is out in the forest!" he boomed. I made no hesitation to wrest Sabin from the table, make him pay for the 15-course meal, and shove him out the door to show me where the airship was. "Do you think you could be more rough?" he asked politely, but gruffly. "Shut up, big baby," I muttered. The last I heard was "You little punk..." and I was hoisted up and thrown bodily through the air. "Good to see you too Sabin," I said, a little disgruntled, with a kink in my neck, but happy all the same. After an hour's walk out of Kohlingen, we found our way into a clearing, and there was the magnificent Falcon Airship, gleaming in all its beauty. I stood there crying, basking in its glory, when Sabin pulled me rudely to reality. "Come on you skinny ogre, get in the thing already!" Maybe it wasn't ALL that great to have Sabin back to his normal, smelly, rude self, but at least I wasn't alone. Come to think of it, he disappeared... FLRRRPTBOTT! "Oh yeah, that's the ticket," I heard from somewhere distant. "Sabin," said a cool female voice, "you really need to cut back! You've been eating a lot of food again haven't you?" I spun around, and there, at the foot of the airship, was Celes.