"What?" Albel scowled. This whole thing was making his head hurt again, and he scratched the back of his head. "How is that even...?"

Fayt and Nel were taken from several days after him... and yet had been here for several months longer? That made no sense. He glared at his moogle for any kind of information and Mogdelina in her know-it-all manner... shrugged.

"The crystals work in mysterious ways, kupo," she stated defensively. "They summon the Heroes of Light when they are needed."

"And we couldn't all be needed at the same time?" Albel demanded indignantly. If they were all needed, it would have been a lot more convenient.