It would only be natural to stare at Fran, and certainly not just for her lovely ears. Well, Balthier rather thought so at any particular given moment, at least.

"Seems there's something wrapping the reality of the situation right around its little finger." And they'll have to ferret out exactly what that is and probably kill it. The details of that plan would have to come later, but the broad strokes seem reasonable enough. "Dreadfully inconvenient."