[Phone Call to Squall]

[waitedinwinhill]

[Ring ring, son! Worried Mom on the line.]

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[knighted_lion]

[Like always, it rings a couple of times before he answers.]

Yeah?

[He sounds a little less exhausted, this time, as if he's actually got a sort-of decent amount of sleep.]

[waitedinwinhill]

Squall, are you busy?

[Stupid question, he's always busy. If Raine's making small talk, you know something's up.]

[knighted_lion]

Not any more than usual.

[waitedinwinhill]

I'm sorry to bother you, but...

Seifer's back.

[knighted_lion]

I know.

[waitedinwinhill]

I'm really confused. I thought he was one of your friends and he was so polite before and he is now too. But how... hmm. [Dicey subject. Tread carefully.] He helped Rinoa when she took us hostage.

I don't think I can trust him now.

[knighted_lion]

(Seifer? Polite?)

He... wasn't himself then. He doesn't usually take people hostage like that.

[waitedinwinhill]

[SIGH.]

That's abnormal for him then?

[knighted_lion]

Yes. Ultimecia needed a Knight, so she used him. You'd have to ask him about the details.

[waitedinwinhill]

I thought Knights were supposed to stop Sorceresses from being bloodthirsty killers.

[Her understanding of the whole process is still not all that clear.]

I suppose I will. I just don't know what to think of this.

[knighted_lion]

A Knight keeps a Sorceress from going rogue, yes. But at the time Ultimecia first contracted with Seifer, she had already gone rogue. I don't know whether or not she had one to begin with or not.

[waitedinwinhill]

... should I trust him?

He might be coming here.

[And your sisters are here.]

[knighted_lion]

(Coming... there?)

He probably won't do anything. But I'd keep an eye on him anyway.

[waitedinwinhill]

Maybe I should send the girls somewhere safe.

[knighted_lion]

You don't need to.