It's an honor to meet you, Warrior of Light. My name is Ebrelnaux, and I serve under your friend Cid Garlond in the Ironworks, but it wasn't always this way. I was once a magitek engineer, stationed right at this very location.
My area of expertise was the automation of machina used in everyday life, that it may be used by the common man. Eventually, the military expressed an interest in my work and requisitioned it for their own ends. The warmachina that haunt these ruins are driven by the magitek I created, though it has changed much since my defection.
I seek to gain a greater understanding of the latest Garlean technological advances, in order to silence these instruments of destruction. Will you grant me your protection while I scour the area for research materials?