Chapter 2:
Edgar leapt up from his seat. "ESPERS! Impossible." He then looked over at the crowd of staring people and groaned. Wagging his finger he said, "Sorry, that was Espers are impossibly interesting to study." The crowd snickered at him, but went back to conversation.
"King Edgar, if I could find any evidence to the contrary I wouldn't have even suggested this. But the city was DEMOLISHED. There were bodies burned beyond recognition, floods WITHIN buildings. If it wasn't Espers, what could it have been."
"I can only think of one person who can understand this."
"Come in Edgar," intoned the white garbed woman. Dressed like the White Magi of yore, the woman could not be seen under the hood and cloak. But Edgar recognized the voice perfectly.
"As stunning as the day I met you, Terra. How did you know it was me?"
Edgar sat himself down on the cushion on the floor. The Sanctuary was even more beautiful than Figaro Castle.
"Who else wears a cape, Edgar? Who else would come to me to find out
about Crescentia?" Terra seated herself and drew back her hood, her hair cascading down her shoulders.
"How could you know about Crescentia, already?" replied Edgar, creasing his brow.
Terra merely grinned. "You aren't the only one with helpers, Edgar. My advocates are very sound investigators." She stretched and stood. "I will tell you what I know. The attack on the village could only have been magical. The fact that excluding Kefka, myself, and Celes no one could have self maturing magic, that rules out Magi. The only people who had magic other than Celes and I were the rest of our friend, and all of us lost that power. That leaves only Espers as a viable source."
"Gau surmised that," interjected Edgar. Terra truly had changed. The old Terra would have just told him, not gone through this intrigue.
"Gau? Ah yes, I had forgotten Setzer had tutored him." Terra lay back against her cushion, looking much like the cat Edgar had compared her to.
'You remember perfectly well,' Edgar felt like saying. But he knew he could not. Even if they were at odds now, he and Terra were old companions.
"Espers are indeed the likely source, but they have departed from this realm of existence, or so my father told us. Even so, they would not have done this kind of violence. Therefore, we must look to the other half of history: MagiTek machinery.
Though the Empire destroyed theirs after the war, it was never proved that it failed to function after the Parting. Therefore, it may be possible for MagiTek weaponry to still exist." Terra shook her head sadly. "If this is so, there must be another Kefka planning another War of the Magi. As secular leader of the people, you must remove this threat. King Cyan is still too weak, and the other city states have no army."
"My army is disbanded. Even so, I would not thrust my kingdom into war. It must be a small party, once more to remove this threat, if one even exists."
Terra shook her head again. "That worked only when we had magic, Edgar. Against Kefka's true soldiers we wouldn't have lasted a minute. You know that."
"We shall see. Perhaps my brother can lend aid." Edgar stood and turned to leave.
"Oh, by the way, King Edgar. You forgot something last time you came."
Edgar turned to look at the Prophetess. She handed him a two headed coin.