The Strahl was just touching down for a landing, one of his usual landings, done with ever so much flair and panache.. style, if you cared to call it such. wering this amused little smirk on his face.
That ought to give people something to look at and look forward to, shouldnt it, old girl?
Something that the onetime Ffamfran Mid Bunansa had in store for everyne. Giving them all something to look forward to, yet keeping everyone off balance. After all, it never paid for the leading man - how he thought of himself - to be predictablle, now would it? THought he'd been thinking of the whole situation...after being contacted about this teaching position on one of his rare landings in Rabanastre. Balamb Garden. Expected to actually teach CHILDREN. Him. A sky pirate. He'd almost laughed when the position was offered to him. More to the point, he'd remember the exact words had come out of his mouth...
'Surely you jest.' Having a good laugh at my expense, yes?' Because at the time that was seriously the way that he'd been looking at it. You'd imagine Balthier's surprise when Headmaster Cid told him that it was far from a joke. That he was looking for someone far out of the usual to teach his students... "Everyone deserves a chance, Balthier.. even a scoundrel such as yourself.' He'd remembered chuckling about it at the time. 'Famous last words, Cid. Be sure you remember them later on.'
Cid. Honest but hard man. Far unlike the man he shared a name with....his own father, Cidolfus Demen Bunansa. A man who nearly had been the ruin of Ivalice as a whole. H e supposed he had to do something to show he was as far unlike the man as possible. It still galled him to think even in his death... he thought he'd been doing the right thing. THoughts that were coursing through Balthier's mind as he made his way down the ramp of the Strahl, taking in his first real sight of the Garden.
Alright then.... time to start this 'teaching' thing, I would suppose....I just hope you're ready for me, Balamb Garden.
And just like that, it was away and off, the students for this year already milling about....aimg to catch what glimpses they could...
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