At least the good news was that Lightning wasn't going to make those clipped wings hurt worse. She nodded once and went to speak to the attendant. After a minute or two, during which she had to persuade the man to give her a journal for Celes, she finally succeeded. Taking the offered journal, she walked back to kneel down next to Celes again.

"I said I wasn't going to leave you sitting here alone and I meant that." Whether or not they went anywhere for a while was entirely up to chance right now. Lightning handed over the electronic journal and then pulled her own out. "You'll probably want to know how to use this, if for nothing else than for the map. The locals aren't very helpful. No one's even heard of a fal'Cie here, not even Eden."