"No." Jack's answer is immediate. "Nor from Mysidia or anywhere else. I have long wondered what even we would be doing now, if we had all woken up in a different place, been told a different story. I think that perspective has kept us more willing to listen. Aqures Ixen is not the only place that we are fighting for, and we regret the lives lost because we haven't found a solution yet." Jack looks down a little as he speaks. The sheer helplessness he felt about the people of the Empire shows through.

But what he said to Ramza still rings true. They do this right this time. Her words about Ashe are troubling, and Jack pauses before he goes on. "Kalki said that we each carried a piece of the calamity with us. That's what you're talking about." Jack pauses, and shifts, folds his arms. "Was she right? Are we the ones bringing this to your world?"