"A thousand years ago ..." Rikku bit her lip. "Give or take. Probably not exactly a thousand. Uh. But there was a huge war between a couple of cities and before it got solved, this huge monster appeared. Not 'huge' like Behemoths, twenty feet tall and roaring. Huge like an island. Crazy-powerful. And it took out one of the cities and ended the war and people got scared. That's when everything changed."

She looked over at him. "I, uh, this might be long? I'll try to keep it short, honest, but ... we should ... probably sit down. Yeah?"