Now Reno was really interested. The papers he'd shuffled just to have something to do with his hands were immediately forgotten.

"Esthar achieved space travel?" he asked. That was definitely something Rufus would want to know. Even if this Laguna guy hadn't invented anything specifically, he could use it -- which meant he could at least describe some of it to engineers here.

That materia "charm" didn't escape Reno's notice, either. He wondered how Laguna got his hands on that -- it easily must have cost a pretty penny, even for its size.