Using all of your strengths is better than limiting yourself... Those people aren't you, whatever the details are. It's your intentions that'll go into the spells you use.

[ Using what he has available to him isn't something Yuri would object to, barring something that actively harmed Shez. There might be some back home who'd be uncomfortable with the magic wielded by those dark mages, but what matters more is the one using it. If it comes naturally to Shez, it's a strength he'll put to good use, and it doesn't matter who else happens to use it.

Or maybe that's just Yuri's brand of pragmatism, but he can't imagine any of the others here holding it against him. Everyone has different aptitudes where magic is concerned. Shez can no more help which comes most easily to him than Yuri can.

Where their goal is concerned, they're in agreement on that. Keeping their sights on it is essential, whatever is thrown at them and whatever they have to do to get through it. He hopes that resolve serves them well, as it will need to. ]

I've never been able to believe that our home and everyone we fought alongside has simply vanished. It's hard to imagine what it'd take to accept such a thing...but I wouldn't want to find out. And I guess that's why my attempt at subterfuge didn't pan out, early on.

[ If Zenith and Meridian can read the essence of what they truly believe, it's no small wonder he couldn't harmonize with Zenith. Yuri has believed strongly in home all along. Doubting what they're told is the whole truth has only fueled that conviction. The most anyone has ever been shown are dreams and visions, which can be conjured up.

The choice isn't really a choice at all, when it boils down to getting back home or forsaking it. Zenith cares nothing for what came before. ]

So you're pretty well stuck with me, in any case. We'll find our way home. That's something we've got to hold onto.