it may surprise you

"You came to our world through the Archsage's shrine?"

Her technology, her weaponry, is far too advanced for her to be from anywhere on the Bionis, yet her ether signature is somewhere in the middle of Homs and Machina.

Elma sighs, as if she has been hoping to avoid this question. But of course Melia can't but ask. No matter how ravishing the stranger is, no matter how immediately trustworthy by way of her perfect command of language and local concerns, Melia cannot just let her pass.

As well, the future fears the past. What threat lies in Elma's future?