[This letter comes delivered from Sparks's moogle directly.]

Saori -

This is what we needed to do. I'll make sure everyone who's coming on this trip gets moving down to Balicea.

We'll wait on word from the team going out to speak with the Empire, but I really doubt that's going to fly. So once we get word from them, we'll sail out. Be ready for anything and everything.

I flew Mercury out to the research island to see what the place was like. Totally quiet on the outside. No guards. Nowhere to dock the boat that they ain't going to be seen. They're going to know we're coming.

--Sparks Nevada