"Well, I can't very well take a vacation before we do some utterly exhausting world-saving task," he points out teasingly. "Oh, I've been recruited to do some... minor displays of rebellion. Nothing with me there personally, just some anti-Fantasfuck propoganda. And there's a thing with Sephiroth I should brief you about."

Because it's important to keep his boyfriend up to date. And they need to figure out what to do to support Otto of course.

As for the rest, he rubs the back of Balthier's neck.

"Her son's pretty busy keeping my heart safe too. And given it's my third one, that's a pretty lofty task."