You find yourself standing in a simple wooden hut, roofed in thatch. You look out the window... and find yourself a few hundred feet in the air... up a red-stone cliff. You back away from the dizzying drop, and bump into something... inordinately sharp...

"Another visitor. I get so few these days."

You turn, to stare into the ice-blue eyes of a falcon... encrusted with glass?

"Greetings, seeker of knowledge. I am Glazius, inhabitant of the town of Cosmo Canyon. I am also a failed experiment of the late Professor Hojo... strange, isn't it, how his failures turn out so much better than his successes?"

"I've had many adventures... not the least of which was coming to terms with what I am. And... Elder Hargo has encouraged me to write them down so that they are not forgotten by future generations..."

"But perhaps you seek something other than my work..." The falcon tilts his head back, as if trying to remember something, then lowers it again. "The nine who worked to save the Planet were here... after their journey had reached its conclusion and the world was set right again. I learned many things from them... things I have yet to write down, in large part. What I have written, though, I'm sure you will find most enlightening. So... what do you wish of me?

• I could show you what little I've written about myself.
• Or perhaps you'd care to see all the Materia this planet has to offer... aside from my own, of course.
• You might be interested to listen to the planet's saviors tell the story of their crusade.

"If you wish, I can alter the daemon who is guiding you, so that you can navigate this place with ease. And if you'd care to go back... I'll be more than happy to send you."

Some of the glass on the falcon begins glowing green... and you ponder whether or not to accept his offer of a return to the Aerie.

The guardian daemon offers you other possible destinations...

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