[ Likewise, there are much stranger things in Eorzea than Hyurs with green hair. Farraige is acknowledged with a polite nod of his head, however, because he's still a nobleman; it's a placeholder for a proper introduction that will doubtless come later. ]

I suppose I wouldn't be where I am were that not true.

[ 'Catching on quick' as he put it is what had secured him his position in Ishgard, after all. He also means here in Xistentia, however, for if he hadn't read the signs that something bigger than any other threat known to the realm had been approaching, he doubts he'd have managed to flee in time and have this chance at saving it. ]

I take it you're also familiar with creatures similar to these?

[ Since he's not, y'know, too surprised by them it seems like. ]