The impossible isn't offered lightly and won't come without a cost. Squall's certain that even if Laguna keeps his end of the arrangement, other nations will refuse to honor the amnesty Esthar provides. Strangely, of the two things he's proposed, the scars don't seem the most unreasonable.

Still, he acquiesces with a nod, easing back to better look at Seifer. The urge to say a million things start and stop on his tongue. Time briefly slips away and after a long moment, Squall shakes himself back to reality with a deep pull of air. "The roof, then?"

Because that's something they can fix.