"I think we had similar tastes in schooling styles," Balthier admits. He was the sort of student who performed well even when he hated it, but he'd left that kind of behavior behind when he left, well, his life behind.

"Systems are often built to perpetuate the power structure of those in charge. Those of us who question them come under fire more readily." He'd always had a pirate's heart, and sympathy for others who did as well.