Wait . . . wait. So the elf Beatrix is looking for her niece, who is Alpha? Why would she expect Alpha to be alive? When Cid found her, her body was rotting away from the curse. She didn't have a week left in her, much less years. Not only that, but her face was unrecognizable before she was healed. I mean, it looked like advanced leprosy.
Was Beatrix kept in the dark about Alpha's disease and banishment?