Otto snorts. "Well. At least he didn't try to crush you with a car. Not that they were after me specifically, of course, I didn't even recognize either of them..." His occasional work with the Alliance means that he does know some metas, but they're mostly the tech folks - like David! He's hardly familiar with any of the ones who fly around stopping robberies or whatever.

"But you know how it gets. And these kids at the school just stand there and gawk! I had to practically drag Balthier out of there, and he's lived in town for years. He's the son of..."

He snaps his fingers a few times. He's known Balthier's parents for years, why can't - just one of those memory blocks you get sometimes, like when you can't bring a word to mind. Normal.

"One of the mechanical engineering professors at the school. I don't think you know him."