It's stronger at night, and you've noticed the lack of shadow and the silence. Other than that, your moogle might know where to go to find out about the jobs and their skills.

[Then there is a very big and proud grin.]

You need a special crystal to do it, but I think my favorite ability it gives is that I can change into a bat. It's useful!

[Then he was speaking about his friend, and she listened. He shouldn't start decaying, but he was definitely looking greener. It would be harder, given he was tall and she'd only just met him, but Lydia could work with this. Quickening her stride slightly before looping her arm around his to tug him with her. They would get to the transport faster at a quicker walk, and she didn't mind.]

She sounds really neat. It'd be cool to meet her, but I also kind of hope she never comes here. Crystallis is not an easy place, or as fun as it might seem.

[Then he's talking about her life--a good life? maybe. She missed her Delia, and she missed her Father yes--and there was love there, even if they didn't get her. She missed Bertha and Prudence, but they were really all she had in terms of 'friends' in Peaceful pines.]

I do, but I didn't feel at home, in Peaceful Pines.

[Gawd it even sounded suburban and idyllic.]

School isn't bad, and I do love my family--but they don't always get me. I'm also kind of the odd kid, at school. My friends there are a redheaded bookworm who's very shy, and a slightly awkward gangly boy-crazy girl.

Where I would take you, if I had a choice, is the Neitherworld. THAT's where I always felt like I fit in more, and where my best friend lives.

[Didn't she say she was just a normal human girl?]