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Cid (and the SeeDs).
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"From now on, as members of SeeD, you will be dispatched all over the world.
We are proud to introduce SeeD, Balamb Garden's mercenary soldiers. SeeD soldiers are combat specialists. BUT...
The is only one aspect of SeeD. When the time comes..." (Cid)
"Headmaster... It's almost time for the meeting. Please make this short. SeeD is a valuable
asset to Garden. Its reputation is solely dependant on each one of you. Handle your mission with care. Is that
what you wanted to say, sir?" (Garden Faculty) |
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"Seifer. You will be disciplined for your irresponsible behaviour. You must
follow orders exactly during combat. But I'm not entirely without sympathy for you. I don't want you all to
become machines. I want you all to be able to think and act for yourselves. I am..." (Cid)
"Headmaster Cid, you have some business in your office..." (Garden Faculty)
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"SeeD shall not act beyond the exact wording of a contract. We are not a
non-profit organisation. This incident will be a hard-learned lesson for the Dollet Dukedom. They'll now know
to be more generous when hiring SeeD." (Garden Faculty) |
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"It is expected you will be using quite a number of GFs along the way...
Be sure to ignore all the GF criticism you hear from other Gardens or military forces." (Garden Faculty) |
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"The GF provides us with its power. But the GF makes its own place inside our brain..."
(Irvine)
"We gave up our memories in exchange for power..." (Quistis) |
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"Hey, do you all remember Matron?" (Quistis)
"She was always wearin' black..." (Zell)
(Matron... Dressed in black) (Squall)
"Very kind... Long black hair... Yes, I really admired her." (Quistis)
"I see a resemblance. Matron... They look alike..." (Zell)
"Wait... I just pictured her face, and..." (Selphie)
"Look alike? Nah, that's not it. Matron's name is Edea Kramer. Matron IS Sorceress Edea." (Irvine)
"Matron... Sorceress Edea..." (Selphie) |
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"Did you guys come to fight Matron?" (Seifer)
"It's too late, Seifer. You can't mess with our minds. To us, you're just one of our enemy, like one of
those monsters." (Squall)
"You're comparing ME to one of them? I ain't no monster. I'm the sorceress's knight. And look at you. Attacking
like a swarm. You guys are the monsters." (Seifer) |
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"Quistis was right. You do have a hard time expressing your feelings." (Cid)
(Why bother. And what is this? Why am I being judged?) (Squall) |
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"SeeDs were
brought up for the future! And that future is now! Why can't you understand? Dammit! I should've never trusted
you! I wish I could go back ten or so years. To tell myself that you're nothing but a money grubbing son-of-a-
b...! Then I would've never built this place." (Cid) |
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"Are you saying Balamb Garden had nothing to do with that order?" (Squall)
"You just happened to show up just before the mission was to be carried out. They used you. But the operation
failed. The Sorceress is still alive and... the Sorceress retaliated. Just as we suspected. No doubt, it was the
Sorceress who ordered the missile attacks. Something must be done to calm the Sorceress's anger. In order to do so,
we needed to hand over those involved in the assassination of the sorceress. We had to show Balamb's sincerity." (Garden Faculty)
"Wait a minute. That's just..." (Squall)
"Offer the SeeDs's head on a silver platter and pretend we obey the sorceress!" (Norg)
"Wha... Why aren't we fighting the sorceress!? What about all the training we endure every day!? What good is it!?" Squall
"WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOU LOST TO THE SORCERESS! QUIT YOUR WHINING! THAT IDIOT CID DISPATCHED SEEDS TO KILL THE
SORCERESS. AND IF YOU FAIL? THIS GARDEN WILL BE DONE FOR! MY GARDEN! IT WILL BE ALL OVER! THAT IDIOT CID. Has
he forgotten that it was I who put up the money to establish garden? I wanted to offer the sorceress Cid's head
along with SeeD's. I ordered the students to find Cid but they sided with him! This is my Garden!" (Norg)
"No! It's not just yours!" (Squall)
"Then what is it? Is it Cid and Edea's!? That pathetic married couple's!?" (Norg)
"What...!?" (The headmaster and Edea are married!? ...I don't get it.) (Squall)
"Now I understand. Cid and Edea are trying to take Garden away from me." (Norg) |
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"SeeD is SeeD. The elite mercenary force of Balamb Garden. Do you know
something about SeeD?"
(I never know anything.) (Squall)
"SeeD will defeat the sorceress. The Garden will train SeeD members. The many missions around the world are only
training for the final battle against the sorceress. But now that the sorceress has become a major threat, our true
mission has begun."
"Please tell me about sorceress Edea. I heard she's your wife." (Squall)
"You're quite right... She had been a sorceress since childhood. I married her, knowing that. We were happy. We
worked together, the two of us. We were very happy. One day, Edea began talking about building the Garden and
training SeeD. I became obsessed with that plan. But I was very concerned with SeeD's goal, that one day SeeD
might fight Edea... She laughed and told me that would never happen. However..."
"Tell me about Norg." (Squall)
"He's from the Sumi tribe. A black sheep of the tribe, one might say. We met while I was running around trying to
find funds to build the Garden. He became interested in building the Garden, and we hit off. Thanks to his funding,
it was completed. However, we needed an enormous amount of funds to run the Garden. So we began dispatching SeeDs
around the world as a means of supporting the Garden. Norg's idea was right on the money. An enormous amount of
capital began flowing into the Garden. And the Garden began to change. Lost sight of our ideals, the truth was
covered up... In the end it was my fault, for giving up control." |
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(I don't mind fighting the sorceress. It's
unavoidable as long as I'm a SeeD member. What? As long as I'm a SeeD member? What if I quit? Quit... Then
what? What do I have left? Don't even want to think about it. Just stop thinking... I'll just have to do as I
was told... Command the Garden and kill the sorceress. How does Headmaster Cid expect me to take care of everyone?
It'd be best to go fight the sorceress, and end this nonsense...!? But isn't she the headmaster's wife? He wants
us to kill his wife? What does it feel like to give an order like that?) (Squall) |
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"Squall, I understand how you feel. But you are in a position of leadership. The other students at Garden have
a right to know about the outcome of the battle and what's to come. Take whatever information you can get here,
back to Garden. Remember, it wasn't just Rinoa. Everyone fought." (Cid)
"I understand... But..." (Squall)
"But, but, but... That isn't something a leader should say." (Cid) |
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"I was in a no-win situation... your defeat would be the end of you. Your
victory would mean losing my wife. I just couldn't bear... to face either outcome. I don't care about myself...
But... please forgive Edea..." (Cid)
"My children... Please forgive me... I raised you as my own, yet still, I..." (Edea)
"We feel the same way." (Squall)
"You are SeeDs. You cannot back out of a battle, I know. You were magnificent. However, it is not over yet. At
any time, I may... I have been possessed all this time. I was at the mercy of the Sorceress Ultimecia. Ultimecia
is a sorceress from the future. A sorceress many generations ahead of our time. Ultimecia's objective is to
find Ellone. She is after Ellone's mysterious power. I knew Ellone very well. Ultimecia is a very fearful
sorceress. Her heart is filled with anger and hate. There was no way I was going to let Ultimecia get a hold
of Ellone. The only thing I could do was... Surrender my soul to Ultimecia and lose the control of my mind.
That was the only way I could save Ellone." (Edea) |
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"Squall, you were always looking for Ellone with tears in your eyes...
I believe it was 13 years ago... This is when my story begins. I first became a sorceress when I was a child.
And once again... 13 years ago. That day... right here, I encountered a sorceress on the verge of death. I received
her powers of my own will. That sorceress was an entity of fear for my children. I could not let her get to
them. But... This turned out to be the beginning of my painful story. At this very minute, my bitter story has
ended. I know understand there is an end, no matter how painful it may be. Therefore... Squall, You must fight
to the end! Even tough it may bring tragedy to others." (Edea) |
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