Rydia awoke next to a form of a man, and the pile of stuff that
used to be the crystal palace/tower.  Rydia spoke for the first time in
quite awhile.

	"Who... what... huh?"  she stammered.

	She rose, fully conscious now.  She caught sight of Edge.

	"EDGE!  OH MY GOD!  EDGE!" she yelled.  Another quick mental
map.  Well, she tried to do another mental map...

	"Huh... the ORB!  NO!  EDGE!  Did you see an orb?" she called
out.  She picked out of her pocket a small piece of the orb, a precaution
she had taken earlier.  "Great... " she thought.  She smiled.  Now she
took her mental map.  "... another human?"  The reading was very faint.
"Who... Besides Edge... CELES!"  The reading faded.  She gasped.
"No!  Edge!  C'mon!"  She ran over to Edge, gave him a quick kiss,
and said: "Edge, we have to go NOW."

	"Sure... Okay... But what about... Gol..."

	She cut in, "He can fend for himself... But we have to go now."

	"Uhmm... Why do we have to go so soon?"

	"I'll explain on the way, but can we go... like now?  I think my
friend may be in danger."  She half-fainted.

	"In your condition?  Sure... we'll just run off and get you
slain.  Real good."

	"We have to go!"  She reached into her pocket.  The Elixir!  She
drank it, slowly.  "See?  Happy?  Oh no, I need to find that Orb again.
Looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer....  I wonder if my magic..."
She shook her head.  "Urgh!  From the land of the summoned monsters!  I
summon Bombs!"  Hundreds of little red balls floated up to the rubble
and blew themselves up.  "From the land of the summoned monsters, I
summon Odin!"  Odin appeared and cut through the rocks.  She turned to
Edge.  "Doing this we can find Golbez, too."

	 "Okay... But what about..."

	"The rest of our friends?  I don't know, but they're not on the
moon.  Look, as soon as we find that orb, and Golbez, I'll explain
everything to you.  Then we have to find my friend."

	She looked at the rubble again, and saw a glimmer.  The Orb!
Well, a piece of it, enough to satisfy her needs for the rest of the
time.  It was only about 3/4 of the whole piece; she had lost another
1/8 to Celes, and the other was gone.  "Edge, give me your Murasame."

	"Okay, whatcha gonna do with that?  You're not capable of
fighting with it."  He handed it over.

	She took the blade and chooped off another piece and gave it to
Edge.  "Try your magic now." she whispered.

	"Uhmm... Blitz!"  A bolt of lightning smacked a nearby rock.
"Yes!  The all powerful Prince of Eblan has his magic back!"

	"Yes, but only if you hold the orb... I don't know exactly how
it works, though, well, anyway we have to find Celes!"

	"Celes?  Who's that?"

	"Oh, just come!  From the... Oh, forget it... Bahamut!"

	The King of the dragons neared and landed, and the two
companions waited.