And that answered any other doubts Lightning had. If Celes had really been from Cocoon, even with her memory wiped like Fang's, she would have known what a l'Cie was and the l'Cie terror wouldn't have been unfamiliar to her. Lightning took her time turning off her journal and stowing it in the pack strapped to her left leg before she answered.

"A few months ago I would have said yes," she admitted, wondering why she was even answering this perfect stranger. "L'Cie are people cursed by the fal'Cie. They're given special powers. Cocoon fal'Cie were from Cocoon, protectors of Cocoon, located in the Sanctum. They kept us alive. Pulse fal'Cie were monsters from the lowerworld that cursed those it touched. Sanctum l'Cie were sacred, chosen. Pulse l'Cie were cursed, feared. If anything from Pulse was found on Cocoon and a fal'Cie was discovered within it, the entire population nearby would be Purged. Cocoon's panic knows no end."

Thinking of all this reminded Lightning of Serah and how her own l'Cie brand was a ticking time bomb here. Straightening out again, her expression closed and she stood, stretching before she called up her Medic abilities again. "Can you stand?" she asked, as she sent another batch of Curas.