They pass through. It's a strange feeling, like the longing he's feeling manifests and is making his entire body achey and heavy. It pushes against him, compressing and compressing until he wants to cry out, but he can't.

What if-- what if they end up somewhere else? Or Ivalice? Or wherever Sephiroth is from? What if he never sees David again? What about Fran? Will he just be cursed to be uprooted for the rest of his days? Was it always his fate, to never have a home, to --

He takes a gasping breath and staggers. The air's different -- where --

Sunset Falls. "Oh thank the skies."