[The wince in Ferran's expression is only brief, but it's probably not as discreet as he wants.]

Right. That's why you look into making safer things, telling people how to use it the right way, and creating laws to protect them. Not just throwing everything out because you didn't want to put in the work.

[Maybe Rikku's world will start making its way towards that, though, now that Sin is gone. He doesn't know the place well enough to say, but it sounds like a decent possibility.]

I'm definitely glad they don't have that kind of mindset here. Honestly, I... don't think I'd know how to navigate a world without any technology, even with their magic. It's such a big part of where I'm from.

[He could probably survive, but it would be a miserable learning curve. For one, he has an absolutely terrible sense of direction...]