[ And it is now that Agrias thinks that perhaps she should have listened to Balthier, but she can scarcely turn back, and they might yet listen. They might yet hear and heed her words and spare themselves. They might. ]

I know more than I would of auracite had the choice been mine to make. It is with shame I admit they are a product borne of the world from which I hail. In the kingdom of Ivalice, they are fashioned 'Holy Stones' by the dominant religious authority... but there is nothing 'holy' about them. They bring naught but death to those who would seek their power and worse to those who acquire it....

[ She remembers. ]

If you must, look to this 'nethicite' or some other form of magicite to suit your needs, but to this, I pray you pay no heed. There are worse things than death, my lords, and you know not with which you trifle.