Gyaaah! Wh-wh-what
is that?!

...Shut up...

Huh? Hey, hold on!

Thieves...

No, what're you... Wait!

...Be gone!!

Heeelp!

*Hack, cough* Why me...?

A g-girl?!

If you can pull tricks like that,
why'd you bother skipping town
back in Zaphias?

Huh? Skipping town?
Why would I need
to skip town?

For stealing the core of a blastia
from the lower quarter in the
capital. What else?

What? You're calling me
a thief. Have you ever
heard of “common sense”?

Sure.

So you break into a home, call the owner
a thief, and wave a sword in their face.
What the hell kind of sense is that?!

Hey, dog! You stay
back, you...you dog!!

And you! Kid!
Give him back!!

What do you mean?

The blastia, the blastia!!
Give him back to me!

W-what's with you?

My name is Estellise.

We're terribly sorry for
barging in on you like this!
...Yuri, Karol, you too.

S-sorry.

So...? What do you want?

Well, you see...

Yuri has followed a blastia
thief here all the way from
the imperial capital.

And?

And that blastia thief...

Wore a cape!

Was short!

And their name was Mordio!

So...

Hmm, well Mordio is certainly my
name. Rita Mordio, to be exact.

And the height matches up, too.

What do you have to say for yourself?

I told you, I have no idea what you're...
...Oh, I hadn't thought of that.

Follow me.

What? Maybe you didn't hear me.
We're not finished here.

Just follow me, would you?

There's talk that some
thieves have turned up
in the Shaikos Ruins.

Thieves? Are you
sure about that?

It came from an Imperial
Knight who asked me for help.
It should be trustworthy.

Do you think that knight
might have been Flynn?

...It's gotta be. Looks like
she shot him down, though.

Hey, remember what that guy
outside said about someone
vandalizing the ruins?

Which means, the thief
who stole the blastia
core could be there.

Hmm, maybe...

Finished chatting?
Let's go.

All right, but don't even think
of making a break for it.

You don't have to come.
If you want, I'll just
call the guards.

Why don't we give it a try? It sounds
like Flynn might even be there.

It's up to you: Go to jail,
make a run for it, or
follow me. Pick one.

Okay, okay.
We'll go with you.

The Shaikos Ruins are
even further to the east,
once you leave the city.