And there, at last, came the reminder of the final, miserable mystery from his homeworld. His mood sunk, and with it, so did his expression and his shoulders.

"...I do not know. I know not even if I will be alive upon my return."

Davesprite's second statement barely even registered, and it was a long, pensive pause before Ramza finally addressed it. "You may idly speak such words, but I'm not without my doubts... between the stones in the snow fiends and the transformation talismans, I wonder if those same trouble lie waiting to greet me here."