"If we are not the Heroes these folk seek, do you think we will have the power to avert their Calamity?" he asked. He held no trust for the absent leaders of this city, but he did not wish to abandon the people themselves, nor give them false hope.

"Even without a job, I do not think myself helpless," he agreed, resting a hand on the handle of his sword once more. "I will do what I can to assist the other Heroes." He paused. "Do you mean to find a way home without completing the quest? I did not think that a possibility." But Ashelia had been here three months longer than him, and she had an air of confidence Ramza had seen in lords and generals. He did not doubt she would find a way, were it possible.