In this illusion

A chance to return...

[A pause, along with the sound of water rushing behind him. Vincent has been coming to the Battle Dome ever since that announcement to go to the simulation of the place he wants to truly return to.]

I cannot help but still wonder what price will be paid for such a chance... and whether it's worth the potential risk.

[Not to himself, of course, but to the people and worlds involved.]

I suppose only time will tell for certain.

[Vincent did make it back to his place, but now he's seriously contemplating a return out there... because he knows how the Malnosso work, and he can't bear the thought of them dropping Lucrecia in the blizzard. So he's starting out somewhere just outside Community Building One, and will attempt to patrol around as best as he can.]

[...Obviously it will be slow going.]

Has anyone... noticed any kidnapping victims returned in the midst of this storm?

There is too much to lose by leaving.