[He smiles to himself; it figures that Light the Soldier would always take things in stride.]

All our running around has made things easier. The hardest thing is not to use l'cie magic without using their 'junctioning' system. I still haven't gotten used to that yet.

[Hope lifts his head.]

By the way, has yours stopped growing? Your brand.

[He pulls the cloth higher on his arm to examine his own, which hasn't budged since arriving here, and in fact, has started to take on a frosted appearance, like Fang's. Then, what he says catches up with him, and he realizes that Lightning's brand is in a less convenient location.]

Umm, I mean. If you've seen it. You don't have to check it now.