Soon Kaede and the others step back through the portal.

Theo waves. "All done?"

"Yeah." They start climbing down the stairs—

—and an old ghostly guado starts trying to leave the Farplane.

… Oh, weird. "– Guessing that doesn't normally happen?"

"Wha—" he turns around.

"Lord Jyscal!" a guado man standing around calls.

"Kaede. He does not belong here. Send him."

"—right."

He climbs to the top of the stairs and starts doing the sending dance.

"… You get people hanging around this close to the Farplane?"

"Why not?"

Kaede's dance starts disturbing and distributing pyreflies, and Auron grunts and falls to his knees.

Theo moves Auron-wards! "Dude, you okay?"

"I'm fine," he says, pushing Theo away.

Jyscal's pyreflies dissolve and float back into the Farplane.

"– Alright." Pause. "If you're sure?"

He gets to his feet. "I'm sure."

"Guys, we should talk."

Theo looks away from Auron and over to Kaede. "Yeah?"

"Not here." He starts leading the way.

Theo follows!

"I thought sendings were, y'know, to get the spirits here. Didn't realize it'd be necessary this close."

"I would think he was sent once... but he wanted to return to Spira. Something, a powerful emotion could have bound him to this world. Such things happen."

"That's against the rules, isn't it?"

"It means he died an unclean death."

"Unclean how?"

"I declare this conversation over until we get some time alone."

"… So apparently they have a ton of prostitution in other-Zanarkand," comments Theo. "How common's that here?"