[ ... and somehow, Maes doubts Roy is going to talk to Kimblee about this... ]

I will have to ask him the next time we see each other, then...

[ He frowns slightly as he takes some time to think. ]

Why would they just let you home, though, if you beat them? [ He's more musing out loud now than talking to Kimblee... ] I mean, what's in it for them, to send these inexperienced people out to battle them?

[ Does this conversation feel familiar to you, too, Kimblee? Somehow, Maes is having a strange sense of déjà vu... ]