Not long after they'd left, a small group of low ranking soldiers gave pursuit. A rather small group considering the two commanding officers in this area both knew for a fact that he was going this way... they must've been trying to buy Quinn and himself time.

Quinn eventually stopped, and indicated that she planned to deal with their followers here. In anticipation of a fight, he readied his weapons and got into stance, though he determined it wasn't nescessary, as Quinn had frozen them all with a spell. "Well... guess that's one way to stop pursuers... I oughta learn that one myself...", he said, as he sheathed the blades.

After the short encounter, Quinn led Dante back to the tavern they'd just fled, where she obtained two train tickets from the soldier who'd previously sent soldiers after them... he really was trying to help them escape... surely there was a great deal of risk to his career, reputation, and possibly even his life. Quinn certainly had some good friends if they were willing to go this far for her. The two quickly made their way to the train station. Dante didn't like the idea of leaving his team behind, but he wasn't the leader here, he had no obligation to stay and wait for them... As he boarded, he turned and looked out the open door. "Well, Storm's a big girl, she'll be alright... And I'm sure she can handle the kid too.", he said, though he didn't sound entirely convinced of his own claim. The train departed shortly after.

He took a seat in the cabin, and Quinn began to speak.

“To answer your question of if you missed anything…” She thought about it for a moment, and then decided honesty would be the only way. “One of the unknown soldiers we saw in Timber, he looked a lot like my late fiancé. Apparently, both the Captain and Keio had seen these soldiers around before too. They also found out this group had been exploring a research facility in the mountains up north.”

Quinn got up to pace around the room for a few moments. She looked out the windows to watch the scenery passing by.

His focus shifted as soon as he heard the words, 'late fiancé'. Memories of her. Thoughts of the life he could now never have... now that he'd let her down, allowed her to die under his command... He reached into his coat, and pulled out a small ring box, he looked at it for a few seconds, without opening it.

After her few moments of quiet, Quinn sat down once again.

“I’d be lying if I said I knew exactly what was going on. We’ve got Esthar looking for something; we’ve got a group of unknown soldiers looking for something. I think the best course of action, is to figure out what exactly that something is.” , she said.

Returning to reality, he quickly returned he ring to its place, and sighed heavily. "I see. So that's why you were focusing on that man so intently. I was wondering if you knew him somehow.", he said, reffering to Quinn's focus on him when the group walked past them near the hotel. "It would also seem that we have at very least a small faction in Galbadia assisting them, if not part of the government itself. Having met your friends, and having questioned several of the soldiers I killed, I'm beginning to think Galbadia's right hand doesn't know what it's left is doing anymore.", he said. He looked out the window for a few moments, thinking about the events of the past week, desperately trying to find some connection between these seemingly unrelated events, but to no avail. He sighed, and turned his focus back to Quinn. "Well then, how do you suggest we go about this?", he asked.