Quote Originally Posted by Y'shtola
感じたことのないエーテルね。テンパードにされているような感じはしないけれど……。
It's not like any aether I've felt before, but I don't get the feeling that he's been tempered...
Pretty simple stuff. Basically, his aetherial signature is different from "normal," but also not the same as when someone has been tempered. Seriously, though. The goggles are just an accessory at this point, since she now sees like that normally.

(It seems the minor changes to Darklander's pre-fight dialogue were made assuming most English-speaking players weren't familiar with standard shounen rival behavioral patterns. Almost like they have no idea who's actually playing this stuff, or something...)