I've come to a new world . . . a world very much unlike my own. Why I'm here, I've no idea. The peaceful heat of the Tarian Desert is far away now—Taria itself, for that matter. Only one thing is certain: I'm here now, so I'll get used to it. Perhaps one day my seven comrades will join me, but I shouldn't count on it. So I shall get used to this world of Gaia, starting right up from the beginning again . . .