i had only made it to the outskirts of New Bodhum when I heard an all too familiar voice above me:

"Going for a midnight stroll, kupo?" I stopped walking and looked up at the little moogle flying overhead. I smiled. "Hey Mog."

I hesitated; should I tell him about the voice I heard?

Mog floated in front of me before I held out my hands, forming a makeshift seat that he rested on. "Remember, Lightning asked me to keep you safe, kupo! So I'll go with you, kupo."

I tilted my head, curious about something for a while now. "Is that the only reason you've stayed with us for so long?"

"Kupo..?"

"Listen, Mog...we won. We beat Caius, and we fixed the timeline. Meaning, if you want to leave, you can." As much as I would like the moogle to stay, I just couldn't bring myself to keep him against his will, even if it's what my sister asked him to do.

Mog tilted his head up toward the sky for a moment. "Kupo kupo. At the start of our journey, I was just following the law of Valhalla: the weak obey the strong, kupp. Lightning tod me to help Noel keep you safe, and so I did. But I like travelling with you, kupo." He tilted his head back down, level with mine. "If you'll keep me around, I'd like to stay, kupo kupo."

I smiled and nodded, happy with his answer as well as his companionship. "Thanks. But Mog?"

"Kupo?"

"If you come with me, you have to promise not to tell anyone where we're going. Can you do that?" Mog seemed skeptical, and he didn't answer right away. When he did, "Even Noel, kupo?"

I bit my lip before answering. "Especially Noel."

Mog siged. "Okay, kupo. So where are we going, kupo?"

I told him about the voice I heard earlier, the one that said "I'd like to officially meet you". I also told him about the familiarity of the voice. When I finished explaining, Mog seemed slightly nervous. "Kupo...you don't think it's...her, do you, kupo?"

I nodded. "It has to be. That's her voice, I know it."

"Then why can't we tell Noel, kupo kupo!" I looked away. "You know as well as I do..." If Noel knew, either that I was hearing voices, or that I heard her voice, there's no telling how he might react.

Thus, Mog and I started travelling, further away from New Bodhum and toward the Yaschas Massif.

Nearly a full day has passed since we left. We made rather good time, according to Mog; most likely thanks to the lack of monsters or Cei'th. If I had to guess, it might be because we won in Valhalla and fixed the timeline, so monsters will stop appearing at random from the various time-spaces.

Regardless, I smiled to myself, grateful for the lack of fighting.

That's when the bobble-crystal on Mog's head lit up. "Someone's nearby, kupo!" I turned to the direction he pointed and blinked.

The short woman who stood before us wore a transparent veil over the lower half of her face, her identity was completely unmistakable.

"Yeul..."