Ashelia nodded slowly as she listened to Cloud's reasoning. There's the corporal. Cloud had been able to hold his own in battle thus far, but this proved to Ashelia more than anything else that he was what he claimed to be: military trained.

"The Corporal's reasoning is sound. I, however, would like to point out the importance of securing an escape route." She gestured toward the entrance. If they were back in Ivalice, she would propose splitting up, but it had been demonstrated to her time and time again that she didn't wield the awesome power she had in her own world anymore. "Battling the robots will be difficult if we are protecting non-combatants at the same time."