Stairs! And what's down them?

...an antechamber, apparently.

"—oh, we're here. Huh."

"… No puzzle?"

"Apparently not...? Auron?"

"On the way out."

"… What happens if you fail the puzzle?"

"Your aeon abandons you."

Eesh.

"… So what's the protocol, here?"

"The Chamber of the Fayth is locked—someone is using it—and just summoners can use it."

"I wonder if I care about this tradition."

"… Would you just be able to go in and out with the questions if you needed to communicate with us?"

"...normally I'd go in, get an aeon, and go out, but nothing about this is very normal, I'm not sure how the door will work."

"So maybe the indestructible one of us goes with since if something bad happens at least they won't be so vulnerable?"

"...bad like what? It's not like the door can attack me."

"Something bad happening due to two people going into the chamber, I mean."

"Oh. Sure."

"Do we need anything before we go…?" he asks, looking around at the others.

"Someone's still inside so we can't go anyway."

"Other than that, though, do we have something to prep in the meantime…?"

"Don't think so."

He shrugs. "Any interesting trivia about this part of the world, then?"

Lulu laughs despite herself. "Trivia?"

"Well, there were those sapient cacti-turned-fiends in the desert, and there are – you know, I actually don't remember, but I'm sure there were other things."

"I'm not sure I can generalise very well from one example," she says archly.

"History, old wars, tales of what used to be, memorable local details of various kinds."