"Yeah, not everyone can be as lucky as me." Far be it from Sparks to let a compliment slide by, no matter how mild. "Maybe someday this world'll get caught up, and there'll be rocket chocobos instead."

It wasn't long before they were reaching the cloudline. Sparks's thoughts about the air had been right, though. Getting this high, over a mile up, the air was getting a bit thin. Once they broke through, he slowed Mercury down so that the wind wasn't making things more difficult for the three of them. Sparks looks around before turning to Rukia.

"So, uh. What was it we were lookin' for again?"