The Returners hide their base in a cave in the next mountain range over from Colts Mountain. The entrance appears to be just a small crevice, but the interior is fairly spacious and homey. A generic Returner, with prominent goggles and garb vaguely similar to Lock's, greets the party. It should come as no surprise that 1-10 "Returners" plays inside the Returner Headquarters.

The Returner leads them to the door of a nearby room. Entering, they find it furnished with, among other things, several full bookcases. A man with graying brown hair who wears a green outfit and brown cloak awaits them. "The Mines of Narshe" starts playing, probably for mood, when the party talks to him.

They haven't yet determined whether she can or can't talk to Genjuu/Espers, just that she is reported to have reacted with one.

Tina seems embarrassed or uncomfortable and steps back, staring at the floor.

In the JP version, Tina's yell seems like more of an incoherent cry of horror than anything else. At least to me.

By now, Tina has retreated halfway across the room, looking even more downcast. Lock walks over to her side.

As Bannan begins this tale, he starts to slowly walk toward Tina.

嫉妬 (shitto) and 妬み (netami), the first two faults he mentions, are very similar concepts, as the shared kanji should suggest. My impression, after investigation, is that netami is more simply scorning another's belongings or successes ("they don't deserve that"), while shitto more specifically involves wanting these for yourself ("it should have been mine"), or fearing that your own will be or have been taken from you.

English "envy" and "jealousy", properly speaking, have a similar distinction, though in practice they seem to be used interchangeably more often than not. I wouldn't doubt that shitto and netami are frequently conflated in much the same way.

The NA version leaves out the line about not thinking of her powers as a curse.

He leaves, presumably to go rest. The music stops, and the others also disband.

Later, Tina gets out of bed, still considering Bannan's words, and wanders around. "Awakening" plays.

A line in the ROM looks like it ought to go somewhere around here, but neither version uses it:

Tina consults her companions while thinking about what to do. Each conversation is independent of the others.

Also look around for treasures, most notably the Air Knife and White Cape.

The JP version describes Lock's reasons more fully. More importantly, there's no indication that his important person was jailed, and the JP version sounds more like a euphemism for killed. Based on later backstory, he's probably talking about Rachel, who was definitely killed and not jailed.

Significant "other" sounds like "boyfriend/lover". While the phrase 大事な人 (daiji na hito) does often refer to a lover, they're being more general here.

Mash laughs briefly at this.

Having talked to the others and thought over the situation, Tina goes outside to talk to Bannan.

The scene shifts to the meeting table in the main room. Tina, Lock, Edgar, Mash, Bannan, and several other Returners are all present. "Returners" plays again.

No mention of magical machines. There's nothing in the game to indicate that anyone's combined machinery with magic before.

Again, no mention of machinery, just humans.

Thanks to another wrong code byte, the lines after Edgar's in the segment above don't display in the NA version, even though they're in the ROM. The omission makes it sound like Bannan is agreeing with Edgar's statement, when he's actually rejecting it and proposing an alternate suggestion.

There's a sound at the door, and everyone turns to look. The music stops.

A generic Returner staggers into the headquarters. "The Empire "Gestahl"" plays.

He collapses, and everyone runs over.

Tina has a line in the ROM that should go here, but is left out in both versions:

Tina goes back inside, and must go talk to Bannan again to advance the storyline. He asks her the same question as before, and if she declines again...

Tina goes back inside, and must go talk to Bannan again to advance the storyline. He asks her the same question as before, and if she declines again...

Tina goes back inside again, but this time walks haltingly and stares at the ground.

Suddenly, the door opens, and Bannan rushes inside ahead of someone.

A generic Returner staggers into the headquarters. "Empire "Gestahl"" plays. Everyone rushes over to see what's going on.

The branches determined by Tina's choice merge here.

Lock heads off, leaving Edgar rather annoyed.

Edgar turns to Tina.

Tina nods, a bit hesitantly.

So does anyone else think it's a little odd that the accessories Tina can get to "protect" her are used to boost offensive ability? I would have expected something like a status guard, or maybe a Mithril Bracer or Angel's Ring... Oh well, they say the best defense is a good offense.

Anyway, Genji's Bracer is generally considered more useful. On the other hand, there are only two other Gauntlets in the game, while you can get a potentially unlimited number of Genji's Bracers, mostly by stealing from Dragons. Take your pick.

Before taking the raft, now's your chance to see one of the game's most obscure scenes. The injured Returner now rests fitfully in the bed Tina used earlier.

Now, try approaching the tile below the treasure chest in the corner.

Your lead member looks shocked, as "Troops March On" starts playing.

The party rushes to the doorway and looks around in confusion, but finds nothing out of the ordinary. The music fades as they walk over to the wounded man.

All righty then.