I keep trying to figure out what it means, but nobody can tell me..... not even the books can really tell me. You'd think it'd be pretty common knowledge if it's supposed to be such a big part of magic.

Instead it's like being followed by foreign spies who also know exactly how you like your coffee and like... make you buy water from them.

[Judging by the way that metaphor panned out (that is to say, half-assed and half-improvised), it is the classic example of a metaphor growing legs, shedding its skin and running away from its cocoon.

Even Cid's not entirely sure what he's complaining about but he is pretty sure that there are pros and cons to this venture.]