He silently prayed that smile meant she wasn't going to continue using that nickname.

"Thank you for inviting us, Lady Ashelia," he said before he jumped off the chair, heading towards the door as well.

"Sparks!" Ales ran up to him. "You've gone out on a quest before, I've heard. What sort of supplies should I bring? All I have are some books and small tools." As a blacksmith, he thought that he would be a disgrace to his Job if he didn't carry some common tools with him and bought them with the coins that he and Yuffie "found" a few days ago.