"Bahamut was kind of a surprise," Reno admitted with a bit of a wry grin. "Usually the monsters that hit up the borders of Edge are smaller. Kinda less with the big blue fireballs and eatin' people whole... thing."

He shrugged, turning his gaze back to Mako and wrestling the ferret onto his back, ignoring the sharp pricks of little teeth in his fingers.

"They always get bigger and nastier the closer you get to the end of everything. Should'a seen the bugger that blew up the ShinRa tower a couple of years back."

Or, for that matter, the giant rock in the sky at about the same time.