[ Subterfuge has been apart of their lives as long as they've been at Garden. Both he and Seifer know how to disarm, dismantle, and disappear. Most of their practice has been on or against each other. If they want to be the best, then it's always made sense to train with the best and that's been them for as long as Squall can remember. ]

Lucky for me then.

[ The observation earns a slant of his eyes and a firm purse of his mouth until it's a thin line. ]

The coat is to draw attention then? To make yourself bigger and inescapable in every room you walk in?

[ Two can play this game and Squall emerges from the room to extend a hand out for the last belt that will go around the top of his thigh. He's quiet a moment, then adds: ] You don't need it.