"I hope that that is the case," Ramza told her. 'But I am not so naive as to rely upon it.' It was better to keep his suspicions to himself, he decided. Bloom was optimistic enough to trust in their new allies, and he did not want to ruin that. He would just have to investigate matters on his own.

"If they are truly to accompany us everywhere on this quest, we will get to know the true mettle of our moogle allies soon enough."