That doesn't stop the people who really want to give it their best shot.

[Read: He has no reason to think that she cares enough about public opinion not to. But his hands are shaking badly now, and Irvine isn't sure he can keep Exeter up. He lowers it slowly, to avoid it going off, but he keeps one hand resting on its chassis, ready to use magic if he has to. Carbuncle's Reflect should still be up, anyways. Hopefully that would give him a few seconds.

[He still doesn't trust her. She's too beautiful, too graceful, too aware of her motions. It's a lot like how the sorceress moved.]

Another world? You mean like ... another planet?