And thank goodness for that, Anne. Someone had to keep Seifer from escaping without even acknowledging he'd made the attempt. Kind of. At this point he hadn't even earned the bronze star.

Finding his way barred he paused, fixing his expression into his usual hallmark scowl. Seifer didn't know how to be friendly much less how to deal with friendly. It was all very overwhelming for him.

"'Ey," It was more a startled noise than a greeting but since it could count for both he'd let it. "Y'know, it occurred to me I'm all thumbs. Probably not gonna be much good to any of you here." That's a lie Seifer didn't even know if he was all thumbs he was just chickening out due to the crowd. He wasn't exactly a people person.