The tech back home's really grown by leaps and bounds since they figured out more of the magitech thing. We even have steam nowadays. Can't say I know too much about the mechanics of it.

[There's something a touch dry about this.]

But I guess that doesn't help anybody here... [Malice is right about that, even if his arm problems appear to have arm problems] ........ so how many arms do you have?

[If they keep getting more complicated there are more problems for future Malice, but what Cid really wants to know is whether they get cooler.]