So there's multiple Gardens that teach you how to be mercenaries? Do places not have standing armies where you're from? [Now he's just genuinely interested in letting Squall talk since he's usually not this open.]
The Gardens are sort of there to... help enlist the ones who graduate into armies all over the world, or you can also become a member of SeeD. Which... is basically the mercenary part. The Headmaster gets requests and chooses which missions he wants to send us on.
All right, I think I understand. [So they were military academies and a mercenary outfit.] I take it you graduated from there before you ended up here?
Hunh. Well, Tidus is your age. He had a lot of things thrown at him in our last pilgrimage. [It occurs to him then that he'd forced Squall to do a bit of talking about a very personal matter. Even though he did share a story, Auron isn't sure how much he's actually told Squall about himself.]
Considering all that I've made you talk about today, you can ask me a question. Only fair.
You told me a lot of what was going on with you. You shared your home with me. I'll just tell you a little something.
In Spira, the world I'm from, I was a Guardian. Guardians are people who protect Summoners who walk all over Spira to temples. They do this to pray to the fayth and be granted the ability to summon Aeons. The ultimate point of a pilgrimage is to be able to gain access to all the Aeons and then travel to the ruined of Zanarkand to be granted the ability to cast the Final Aeon.
The reason for this is so a summoner and his or her Guardians can have a chance to challenge a force that has plagued Spira for more than a thousand years. We called it Sin.
Just Sin. It's hard to describe it with anything but its name. [Auron takes a hold of his crystal and shows a picture of it, looking like a cosmic horror and being immensely enormous.]
The legend goes that the Great Hyne created people. The sorceresses were given a fragment of Hyne's power. It's hard to determine how many sorceresses exist today, for many keep their powers concealed. However, it is believed that they avoid spreading their power too thin.
Basically they are women with the power to use magic naturally without having to use GF's like the rest of us. And 9 times out of 10, they get corrupted with that power.
Pretty much... Ah. Guardian forces are I think similar to your aeons? Maybe. ah... they are these creatures... not really creatures. But they are magical beings much greater than any mortal. And.. if you prove to them you are worthy, they will allow you to call upon their power when you need them. They are also the only way humans can really use magic in my world. Except for maybe man made things. You learn how to summon and connect with them at Garden, but our Garden is the only one that encourages the usage of the GF's.
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Aren't you only about 17? Not that you couldn't be a capable leader but didn't you just graduate?
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Destiny, I guess...
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Considering all that I've made you talk about today, you can ask me a question. Only fair.
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[ He plays with his glass of water a little. ]
I wouldn't know what to ask...
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In Spira, the world I'm from, I was a Guardian. Guardians are people who protect Summoners who walk all over Spira to temples. They do this to pray to the fayth and be granted the ability to summon Aeons. The ultimate point of a pilgrimage is to be able to gain access to all the Aeons and then travel to the ruined of Zanarkand to be granted the ability to cast the Final Aeon.
The reason for this is so a summoner and his or her Guardians can have a chance to challenge a force that has plagued Spira for more than a thousand years. We called it Sin.
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Basically they are women with the power to use magic naturally without having to use GF's like the rest of us. And 9 times out of 10, they get corrupted with that power.
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Glad not everything echoes, though. You don't need Sin and Spira doesn't need sorceresses.
[Once again, this restaurant always delivered the best food. He'll just wait for Squall to finish.]
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