"If she still lives," Ashelia answered. "Her retainers insisted she disappeared in the night. No signs of struggle. The note she left was in her own hand, though I can't imagine such a thing would be hard to mimic." She crossed her arms briefly before resting her hands on the pommel of her sword. "They have made no headway, or so they would have us believe. For my part, I intend to start looking at-"

She stopped as Ramza interrupted her. For a brief moment a rebuke was on her tongue, but then she saw the wonder in his eyes. "You've no airships in your homeland? Even those Heroes that know them by a different name have seen such things." Ashelia squinted in the sunlight. She would be on one of those in the coming days. "I look forward to taking a trip myself. It has been a long time since I have ridden one. There is little like it."