Fran was hardly to surprised to hear that Balthier had managed to deal with the monster that their guest had become. After Ivalice's impressive wildlife most things would be of less concern, save for the inherent fact of the unknown. And they dealt with the unknown rather frequently.

"It is as he says," she agreed. "I cannot says how your skills work, but to risk becoming as they are is a risk I would not wish to take."

Not after her experiences with that other set of monsters that had briefly walked the streets of the City. True, they had hardly been Heartless, but one experience with that sort of sheer animalistic rage was quite enough and that one had least been something that was reversable. The Heartless, on the other hand, had no such guarantee. Who would be able to survive one's own 'darkness' and yet return unscathed?

The prospect was hardly one she was interested in testing.

"As many as our captors deem fit, no doubt."