[ At that, she is quick to shake her head, because if there is anything she has had too much of since arriving here, it's light. And as odd as it would most likely sound to anyone who has not been to the First, she has added light to her list of things she dislikes, alongside searching underwater for places or objects. ] That's all right, I think I'll survive.

[ She nods in agreement with her sister's words, and a determined look comes to her face as she thinks about what they still have to do. ] We're going to bring darkness back to every part of this place. [ She's resolved to do that, because seeing the reactions they have so far as light has been banished has made it worth it in her mind. ]

If there was a way to send you home, you know I would do it. Not because I don't want you here, but because I know you want to be there.

[ She worries about everyone they have left at home, but she is certain that her own worries pale in comparison to the ones that her sister has for Aymeric. Well, she worries for everyone, as does K'thisru, but it isn't difficult for her to imagine that she frets about Aymeric's well-being more often than not.

Her gaze travels out to over the water as well, surveying what she can see of the submerged buildings and the ones that can still be seen above the water. That is the last thing she wishes to happen to Ishgard, and Eorzea as a whole, but it also saddens her that it happened here. Of course there is no way of reversing it now, but she wishes there was something she could do.

They are doing what they can by hunting down the Lightwardens, but it has already been too late for so many.

She returns to the present when she hears Alkaid's question, and a pensive expression takes her face. ] I did want to meet him, and I'm glad that we have... But- [ Her ears flatten against her head as she tries sorting out her thoughts towards him. ]

He isn't exactly what I thought he would be like.