Squall pulled out his crystal too, looking at his in comparison to hers. What did the color difference mean? His deep red to her white- Interesting.

His moogle, Blizzara, fluttered near his ear and whispered to him. He looked annoyed but listened and nodded.

"I'll take care of it." He pocketed the stone again. "You should show me around town, important locations and somewhere I can read up about this city and this calamity. And I don't need to meet any of your friends."

His tone is his usual commanding seriousness again. He had zero desire to meet her friends, his first priority would to be check on Zell, find out as much as he could about his duty in all this and figure out what to do next from there.