No it wasn't. It was never going to be. Was that ever in question? It's literally a mercenary organization. They were always going to be in it for the money these days. Nothing about that had surprised Seifer. Hell, he'd understood what they were. That didn't mean he had to like all of that.

Though now... damn but Squall could draw his attention away from the ache in his heart.

"You never knew how distracting I could be. How distracting I wanted to be," Seifer admits. "Fujin and I used to fight about it. How I was an idiot."

Actually, he was pretty sure he owed her gil now.