"Expect a second, if not more. I know not if he will be as blighted here as we are..."

Ramza still wasn't sure exactly how that mass of wires and casings actually worked, and- as illiterate as he was to the more complex machines of this world, Fortuna's, and his own, as well as the differences between them- he had to admit there was a pang of concern in light of Zeloph's accusations against the scientists.

But he knew well enough that he hadn't the knowledge for such things- and Fortuna, he was certain enough, actually knew what she was doing. He just hoped she was not as wholly baffled by Saeng Seong's technology as she'd been in the past.

"Is there aught within your world that could cause such a thing?"