"Probably a coincidence. But Irvine did lend me Cactaur before I headed out. Maybe that has something to do with it."

No reason to explain why the sniper would give Nida the luck-enhancing GF. But perhaps luck really had come into play with the timing of things, with seeing Seifer before he was seen.

Still, he returns his gaze to the computer now that they are in safer territory. His fingers return to his typing as he does so. He needs to make sure these resources are available for the Commander.

"I'm almost afraid of what you mean when you say 'see it through or decline'."