True. I do miss Norman...I don't know how I'd have gotten through those first few months without him.

[He did, of course, tell Balthier about Norman's apparent Confluence-related disappearance already. Had to update that RSVP and all.]

Ah, but I'll be alright. Our world has its moments, but overall it's much more stable than here. Even if you ignore the Confluences. [Like, what was their new average, a new supervillain every couple of years? That's a far cry from all the other places he's heard about.]