[If Balthier still has magic, in this alternate world of his, Otto's not aware of it. They aren't close, after all. He's friendly with the boy's parents. The kid's taking one of his seminars. It'd probably take a good deal more than that to reveal such sensitive information - and either way, the possibility has never even remotely occurred to him. He doesn't know any illegal metas!

But they don't need to be close for Otto to worry right now! He's always thought that the students tend to get a little too comfortable with meta fights, common as they can be these days. One of these days, one of them is gonna take a piece of debris to the face. At least he's not recording it on his phone like some of these idiot kids do - he gestures again, sharper.]

Come here and get down.

[He takes his own advice, tugging Balthier along with him. Without the tentacles, Otto moves much more easily, with nary a sign of his regular back pains. He even looks a bit younger, though probably he's just less worn - fewer lines and grey hairs, and no thick medical-grade glasses to compensate for damaged vision.]

Your parents would have my head if I watched you get taken out by a stray laser, or whatever they're using out there.