Balthier's voice. For a moment, half of a moment, David wants to reach for him. This is wrong. This is wrong. And yet, he's done worse for far less. This is the world that matters. And if he doesn't act, he can't save them all. That's important. How can the boy not see it?

"I believe," Thunderclap insisted, and in the moment the other image snaps into place. Older, white, gray hair and clean shaven, "that the world is ending. And all of you are too weak to stop him!"