( It isn't lost on Benedikta either, which likely explains the small smirk that touches the corner of her lips as she raises an eyebrow at him: )

Let me guess. The Free Cities.

( Her tone is mocking, as always, and she leans back against the bar as she watches him for a response. Could it be true? Did Cid merely have to die to get some twisted version of his happily ever after? Cid is here, after all, and so is that woman Jill — perhaps now he'll finally shut up about those pointless dreams of his. )

That would certainly be something, wouldn't it?