"I can't be certain," Balthier responded, clearly on edge and more irritated than not by the scene he had just participated in. "If I had truly returned home, let us just say it was at an inopportune moment. However, considering the state of our surroundings, I think that an unlikely explanation at this point, or if I had, it was a particularly brief stay."

He crossed his arms, not bothering to be mindful of the wrinkles it might cause his good shirt, and looking up to survey their new environment. "Wherever we are, it's changing. We ought to move."