[Jean chuckles a little at that.]

We've had a quiet enough life for years now. What's a little action when you get to see friends again?

[He's pretty much confirming what Hange suspects there, but he is glad to see them all again.]

I have been in this desert once, but we didn't explore it a lot. We just did the quest and headed back as soon as possible. Though there are quite a few ruins we can take shelter in whenever the sandstorms gets too bad.