[Secrets were the lifeblood of any strategy-- and he couldn't have them getting out like this.]

I believe you-- you've neither the tools nor the capacity for something of this calibur, from what I've seen. And none of the magicians from Kou, Sindria or Magnostadt have arrived here from what I've seen. Additionally, the Company didn't see fit to provide me any tools beyond Dantalion's Vessel, and I'm certain the same can be said for my brother.

[He settled in somber silence, and took another sip of his tea.]

This is not a battle I had wished to fight in this land.