[ News that she's arrived alone stirs several feelings for Alisaie: one that she can't help but admire the tenacity of anyone being dropped here unexpectedly without knowing anyone else. And two, she can't help but immediately want to offer her own company as a means of forging bonds between the fluxdrifters.

When it comes to the company she keeps, age gaps has never really bothered her before. For a very long period of time, when she and Alphinaud had drifted apart, Louisoix and Urianger had been her closest companions. And well, they were years her senior. So with that in mind, twenty-five in her mind is incredibly close to sixteen!

So instead of the worried response Wanda may have anticipated getting, there's a look of eagerness about her - that is quickly turned into a scoff. ]

He's taken up work at the hospital; aside from innocently putting his foot in his mouth, he has talent for the healing arts. [ That's not what she's scoffing about though. ] Yes, unfortunately. It's a fact he seems to enjoy lording over me any moment he gets an opportunity to. But I'd like to stress it isn't by very much. Minutes if we need to insist on being particular about it, which Alphinaud very much would.

[ Apparently Wanda has inadvertently hit a nerve. ]