Ales nodded, his smile wavering ever since he brought up the Calamity. They're celebrating whatever hope they have now: more heroes, a renewed determination to find out what happened with Palitutu, no matter how terribly their Moogle hunting expedition went. Christmas was a time for parties and good memories, not focusing on the depressing things in life. That will come later.

"Offering us something in return for our hard work. Nothing unusual about that, right?" It was a more fitting location than the old Aqures Ixen observatory, he had to admit.

"It's something good to think about after...all that this year decided to be."