[ Balthier is wearing a smile of his own at David's grin and enthusiastic conversation. ] You will clearly have to drag me kicking and screaming to any such discussions. I think this is the first time I've been called brilliant by a certified genius. [ The only person in his life who came close to that was his father, and he was both nowhere near as intelligent as David and also too much of a narcissist to give anything but backhanded compliments. ]
I have been blessed with no food allergies and an adventurous palette. I look forward to our extravagant meals, which I will gladly provide extravagant tableware for.
[ Balthier has seen a lot of weird things. He's not particularly worried about the details if the underlying reasoning makes sense to him, though the idea of losing something of yourself certainly sounds unappealing. Since there is a chance to get it back, though, he presumes David will figure that out. ]
Speaking of, you asked about the Strahl, which had three excellent full service sets of tableware and one of the best collections of wine in Ivalice. Ah, I hope someone is enjoying that in my absence.
She was originally a military prototype. My father worked on her. Client turned her down -- too expensive. She has a collapsible dual wing structure that allows for greater speed and maneuverability, though does require more upkeep. I may have liberated her to escape the city and taint my father's career. Healthy teenage rebellion.
She's a medium sized ship -- can hold a crew of 6-10, takes two to man her. Full dining and sleeping quarters. Upgraded her over the years for both systems and luxury. Kept some of my favorite antiques and books onboard. We were countryless and lived everywhere -- open invitation in almost every port in and out of the empire.
I expect my technical expertise is quite different from yours. We don't have computers in the same way -- our technology runs heavily on the Mist, which is a sort of life or energy force that runs through everything in our world. Using magick is channeling the Mist. The Strahl ran on that as a power source. Fran and I built a lot of tuners and blockers, though. It can be easy to override the system in flares or lose power in lower areas. Built a cloaking device for her -- that came in handy more than once. I modded the bike I have too -- two seats, extremely fast. That made it through with me, at least.
[ He gets a sheen to his eyes thinking about his ship, about Fran. He hopes Vaan is taking decent care of it. Penelo will keep him in line. He wonders if Fran has stayed with them, or gone her own way. ]
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I have been blessed with no food allergies and an adventurous palette. I look forward to our extravagant meals, which I will gladly provide extravagant tableware for.
[ Balthier has seen a lot of weird things. He's not particularly worried about the details if the underlying reasoning makes sense to him, though the idea of losing something of yourself certainly sounds unappealing. Since there is a chance to get it back, though, he presumes David will figure that out. ]
Speaking of, you asked about the Strahl, which had three excellent full service sets of tableware and one of the best collections of wine in Ivalice. Ah, I hope someone is enjoying that in my absence.
She was originally a military prototype. My father worked on her. Client turned her down -- too expensive. She has a collapsible dual wing structure that allows for greater speed and maneuverability, though does require more upkeep. I may have liberated her to escape the city and taint my father's career. Healthy teenage rebellion.
She's a medium sized ship -- can hold a crew of 6-10, takes two to man her. Full dining and sleeping quarters. Upgraded her over the years for both systems and luxury. Kept some of my favorite antiques and books onboard. We were countryless and lived everywhere -- open invitation in almost every port in and out of the empire.
I expect my technical expertise is quite different from yours. We don't have computers in the same way -- our technology runs heavily on the Mist, which is a sort of life or energy force that runs through everything in our world. Using magick is channeling the Mist. The Strahl ran on that as a power source. Fran and I built a lot of tuners and blockers, though. It can be easy to override the system in flares or lose power in lower areas. Built a cloaking device for her -- that came in handy more than once. I modded the bike I have too -- two seats, extremely fast. That made it through with me, at least.
[ He gets a sheen to his eyes thinking about his ship, about Fran. He hopes Vaan is taking decent care of it. Penelo will keep him in line. He wonders if Fran has stayed with them, or gone her own way. ]