[ The namazu are best given a wide berth, honestly. They’re a bit too much for even Luka, and would just as soon swindle he and Sephiroth out of every bit of coin they have as look at them. ]

The Garlean Empire happened.

[ The Empire itself has been but a brief footnote in Luka’s quick lessons about the world Sephiroth now finds himself in. Invaders. Assholes. Overly fond of magitek. Just about every crater that peppers the landscape, every rusting piece of machinery jutting from the dirt can be attributed to the Empire. ]

They invaded Doma a long time ago, before I was even born. The castle used to be over there, I think.

[ He makes a broad motion with his hand, indicating a mess of rubble and broken pillars jutting from the river in the distance. ]