Right, that. I learned about this stuff by bein' in the middle of it, that's what. C'mon. Might as well go inside. Gotta toss this thing into the fireplace anyway.

[He snapped the book closed, and waved Hibiki along to follow him.]

The short version is this: we ain't brought here randomly. Someone knows who we are 'n where we come from. That someone's the Empire. Y'know that Magitek center in the Sixth District? Coupla months back, some Empire spies infiltrated the place, so we all had to go in and take care of 'em.