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// Thoughts 
// Story: Final Fantasy Twilight 
// by Mystic Sunrise 
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"A Gill for your thoughts?" A voice asked, making Twilight jump slightly. Turning around, she saw that it was the same man who had explained quite a bit to her and Tidus earlier.

She smiled. "Sorry. It's just. This is a lot to take in for me. I still don't know what to feel or think about it all. And this is just a small part I feel."

He nodded. "It is no surprise. For one in your position, it would be. It is more so because you are not from Spira at all. Nor are you a fiend. No fiend has ever been this nice."

Twilight's ears wilted. "Is it that obvious that I'm not from this world?"

He chuckled. "Very. I cannot begin to guess how you came to this world. But you must be here for a reason. Maybe Yevon can help guide you on this path."

Twilight wasn't sure how she felt about that. She hadn't seen anything that screamed wrong about Yevon. But Equestria had a history with groups like this.

Her companion must have seen something in her face for he looked confused. "Is there something wrong?"

Twilight shook her head. "No. It's just. Where I come from, we've had a history with groups like Yevon, from what you've told me, and none of them ended well." She smiled. "But then, they never had to deal with what Spira has."

He nodded. "Your old-world sounds almost perfect then if it does not have what we have."

Twilight giggled. "I wouldn't go that far. We have our problems for sure. But we always find a way, in the end, to make everyone happy. Not always. But usually."

She paused as a thought suddenly came to her. "Um. Yevon doesn't say anything about other worlds, does it?"

He shook his head. "I do not know. Besaid is small in comparison to other temples and I am the only one here all the time. Our history before Sin came is lost to my knowledge, except for the ruins around us on the island. And even that is the best guess."

Twilight looked around the room. She didn't have any reference to go on, so maybe they all looked like this? "How many temples are there? Besides this one?"

His smile grew as he looked around. "Aside from Besaid, there is the temple in Kilika, Djose, Macalania, and Bevelle. There is a final one that only a select few ever see." He paused a moment before he frowned. "There is talk of lost temples scattered here and there across Spira, but I do not place much faith in those rumors."

Twilight made a note of that as she nodded, but she finally had to ask a question that had been bugging her since she had entered the temple. "What is that song playing, and where is it coming from?"

His smiled returned at that. "That is the Hymn of the Fayth. It is sung perpetually from within the Chamber of the Fayth." He pointed to the door at the top of the stairs. "Beyond that door is the Cloister of Trials. Only a summoner and his or her guardians may enter there. Those who seek to learn of Yevon's secrets are tested by the Cloister. Find the right way, and they will be taken to the Chamber of the Fayth, where only the summoner may enter the inner chamber."

Twilight nodded, but now she had a new question. "What's a guardian?"

"A guardian is someone tasked with protecting their summoner. How many guardians a summoner has is up to them," he replied with not a little bit of pride.

Twilight nodded. It didn't make a lot of sense at the moment, but she had the feeling it would make sense the more time she spent in Spira. "Um. Am I trouble just for being in here like this?"

He shook his head with a chuckle. "I see no reason why you should be. You have given no reason why we should throw you out. I cannot speak for the other temples though, so that may change if you leave this island."

She nodded, and once again passed into silence. A few moments later, the man left the temple, leaving Twilight alone again with her thoughts.