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[After having seen what he thought might be an airship from the Balamb Garden view looking down on Balamb Town, Vaan enters town, intent on finding the airship and examining it.]

[Unfortunately, Vaan only finds himself in front of the train station, with a man selling stupid trinkets to tourists, trying to make him buy fertility beads or a big turquoise fish head hat. A real best-seller.]

Nghh… this is going all wrong…

[Vaan sounds pitiful, his voice tinged with obvious disappointment. Sprawled out on the steps, he watches the daily happenings in front of him. He has maybe a hour or so before he needs to get back to the Garden.]

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Yeah, how 'bout you?

Pretending to be hotel guests and starting a discussion with other guests in the hotel lounge is the easiest way to dig up some information.

Yeah, easy.

The place is like one big fish market or something.

[Some of the streets smell at little and the town seems kind of sleepy sometimes. Still, it doesn't matter, as long as they have information.]

What am I gonna say? [Vaan trots up along side Balthier now, keeping pace with him. He's equal in his conspiracy.]

[He walks a bit faster now, just to see if Vaan will try and keep up with him. If he does, it will look amusing.]

Be natural. Leave the airship part for me. Say nothing about sky pirating.

[Balthier pulling in the lead... Okay... Vaan picks up his pace and matches with him, but it feels unnatural. He doesn't want to be totally second to Balthier.]

You mean keep my mouth shut. [Vaan would be rolling his eyes.]

I wasn't going to say anything about sky pirating anyway, but what do we do then? We're just normal vacationers?

[Someone hasn't changed.]

That was the plan.

Fine.

[Shrugging, Vaan decides just to go along. Between the two of them, they had enough experience to dodge too many personal questions. Besides, Balthier had a knack for finding just the right people and using them perfectly. That was what made him so good, and it was also a huge difference between them.

Suave. Vaan didn't have it.]

It's getting late. [This was the first time Vaan maybe wouldn't be back in time for curfew. No big deal except his roommate was crazy or something.]

Do you live at Balamb Garden? I haven't even seen you there.

Yup! I'm Chie Satonaka. Nice to meet you!

I'm Vaan. Good to meet you too.

A lot of us just stick to the Garden, huh? [Vaan hasn't seen anyone he knows in town so far.]

I guess so. I think it's a bit of a refresher to be out, though. [ To emphasize this point, Chie begins to stretch. ]

Yeah, anything is better then those cramped classrooms. I don't get why anyone would want to stick around there.

Heh. Guess you're not much of a classroom type of guy, too, huh?

No way. I'm more interested in seeing what's around this place.

[Vaan tilts his head up towards the sign above him.]

Have you ridden the train yet? [He points to the sign to emphasize his question.]

[ She follows his hand, then shakes her head. ]

Nope. Actually, I didn't see that until now!

I haven't ridden it yet either. I'm not totally sure where it goes.

Hm... Now you've got me curious. You think there's enough time to check it out?

Probably. I bet they have the schedule up or something, at least.

[Vaan pops up from his seat on the steps, coming more alive at the thought of exploring. He spent so much time earlier on looking for airships that he'd completely overlooked everything else.]

[He leads the way in.]

[ Chie follows, glancing at the sights all around her. Thinking about it, maybe the reason why this town is so small is to accommodate the train. Because the trains she's seeing right now? ]

Whoa. Those... Those are huge!

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[The train station looks way more advanced than Vaan expected, considering the rest of the town.]

I was expecting like one old thing!

[Eying the passers-by as they keep heading towards the hotel Balthier listens to Vaan carefully even though it may not look like it. Vaan is definitely in need of a chatting buddy, eh. He replies without turning his head.]

For the time being. I've been occupied.

How about yourself? The classes keeping you busy? I heard they like to hand out plenty of homework. ["Heard" indeed. Balthier hasn't bothered himself with the studying. He'll be quick to catch up with them if the need ever comes up though.]

[ And the young ones gape and chatter amongst themselves in awe. ]

Yeah! This is... totally different from the rest of the town.

Just heard?

[Vaan could have laughed at that. His voice sounds clearly amused.]

Wait, are you too old to be a student at Balamb Garden or are you just never there?

They do give a lot of homework. [Not like Vaan was the best at doing the homework, but he gave it a reasonable enough effort... when he felt like it.]

It's like.... [He gestures with his hands to indicate 'huge'.] I want to look inside it too!

[He waves Chie over to follow him. There's a ticket man eyeing them from a few feet away.]

The sign says it's going to Galbadia.

[ Galbadia. Galbadia? Galbadia... where did she hear that name from? Her face scrunches up in concentration, but she blinks, seeing him motion for her to follow him and she does. Maybe going there will jog her memory. ]

Oh, wait! Shouldn't we get a ticket?

[Too old? Balthier gives him a look. Didn't you learn your lesson about asking people's ages with Fran? Guess not.

This is slowly becoming his "Vaan." icon.]

From what I've seen they don't mind the age. As long as the applicants can put up a fight and kill for money they are welcome. Their origins don't play a role either. Puts you at ease, doesn't it.

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