Nolan is a little rattled by Thunderclap’s power, but he’s refusing to be chased off by it. Which is stupid, Balthier is yelling from somewhere in there. Leave. This man will kill us.

But he’d been so much older, when he’d started to understand that about people he knew. People he loved. And Nolan isn’t going to abandon his friend, not to these selfish know it all adults, and Balthier has no resolve against that.

“Take me with you,” Nolan commands.