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[After an evening of wandering around and searching for people, as well as answers about this place, Fran arrived at her suite wondering about something she'd been feeling ever since she arrived - and is still feeling, really.

So, why not ask the other people trapped here?

The video feed turns on, revealing a rabbit-eared woman. Her expression is neutral, though her ears twitch ever-so-slightly before she speaks.]

I am curious. Is anyone familiar with the nature of the... [Mist? No, not quite. But definitely something like it.] Magicks on this beast? Is it the tortoise that is the source, or something different? [Yeah, yeah, turtle, but it reminds her of the monsters back home, so she's calling it a tortoise.]

I am able to sense it as I can the mist, but... they are not so similar that I cannot feel a difference.

[Oh. She's forgetting something, isn't she?]

I am Fran, if anyone wishes to know.

It is... a strange sensation to be as sensitive to this as I am the mist. If anyone has an answer, I will be grateful - so long as it is more useful than the one the kedan offered. [It doesn't quite occur to her that only someone from Ivalice would understand what she means when she mentions the mist, but oh well.]

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Well, I'm from Texas. [a little less cool, whup.] My name's Jaime, by the way.

And you said you could sense this mist? Do people have, uh, mist in them?

I can, and they do. The mist is present in all things, although not many are as aware. I am a viera. We are born with a sensitivity to the mist. And so we are able to feel it while others cannot.

So...

[oh god, is this considered rude??? he's curious HE HAS TO KNOW]

Is it a psychic thing, or is that what the ears are for?

[AGAIN WITH THE EARS. And yes rude.]

Viera ears are for hearing, just like the ears of any hume, bangaa, or seeq. They are not connected with our ability to sense the mist.

And I am no hare or bunny, either.

[HE HAD TO ASK HE'S SORRY.]

R-right. Sorry. We don't have viera back home-- just humans. Sometimes aliens, but mostly humans.

[He also has no idea what humes, bangaas, or seeq are. Is Ivalice in space? Is he being accidentally space racist again? Oh god talking to people is hard.]

It seems the only race that exists outside of Ivalice are humes. Though I suppose the word for your kind here is 'humans', yes?

I've never heard the other one, b-- whoa!

[Did he just get hit by a shoe. Yeah he totally did just get hit by a shoe. And, looking somewhere off-camera:] Mom, I am!

[Turning back now. This is the worst day on the network ever.] Y-yeah, we're just humans.

[Okay, that little spectacle gets a small smile out of her. Who knew there could be information and entertainment on the network?]

I... see. Humes are not the only species in Ivalice, though even with so many people, questions about viera ears are not uncommon. [Still annoying, but oh well. This is the closest to 'apology accepted' that Jaime is going to get.]

I'm not so good at diplomacy yet. Working on it, I promise.

[Don't ask him about the time he mixed up Martian races. And then accidentally lasered Supergirl.]

In the future, I would advise you think of how you would feel when asked such questions. [JAIME HOW CAN YOU HEAR ANYTHING AT ALL WITH SUCH TINY USELESS HUME EARS. H O W.]

[HE'S CHEATING HE HAS AN ALIEN BUG AMPLIFYING STUFF OK]

I will, I will. [sigh. at least she doesn't seem mad anymore.]

Are you settling in ok though? I'm guessing you haven't been here long.

I have only been here for the day, but I am fine. There is some strangeness to this place, but nothing I cannot handle.

Well, if you ever need a hand for anything, you and your partner can give me a call. I'm in I'm in EA-1A. I've been here for a couple months, so I know my way around pretty well.

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[She's busy doing something else and hasn't seen who he's talking to, but she can still hear what he's say.]

Jaime! Mind your manners!

[INCOMING SHOE TO THE HEAD

don't worry it's a soft throw, it's just going to graze his head unless he tries to dodge it, in which case it will be a full shoe to the headd]

[He tried to dodge.]

...

[just. sighs.

really, Jaime.

Really.]

I had to know! I'm sorry!

Your curiosity is making quite the impression.

[he doesn't really sound amused, though]

At least attempt to think of others?

[He wants to sink into his chair and disappear someone help.]

I know, I just-- we don't see that a lot at home. I didn't mean to be rude about it or anything.

Well, you're quite lucky that Fran seems to be in a forgiving mood, aren't you? But I daresay, at least a conversation or two would certainly make things far less 'rude.'

You're right, that was pretty thoughtless. I'll try to think before, er, letting my mouth run. [like always.]

I'm assuming you guys are from the same world, then?

We're partners, she and I.

[Jaime almost asks "are you THAT kind of partner" before thinking better of it. See, he DOES learn.]

Business partners...?

Business partners is a touch sterile, but close enough.

[now, how will he read into that, Balthier wonders.]

[don't pry don't pry don't pry don't pry.]

At least you were lucky enough to find someone from home here. My girlfriend was here when I arrived, somehow, so that made things a lot easier.

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