Of course not. They all still needed to pitch in, they just didn't need Aqua to pitch in an unfair share in this instance. She could have more liberty to do what she liked, rather than only fighting. A fact Seifer was still learning to contend with.

"You're telling me. I was a soldier before comin' here, still don't really know what I'm doin' with myself." Just taking it day by day. One step at a time and keeping busy. Always keeping busy. It was the only way to not fall into the mistake of being in his own head for too long. Always a bad idea, that. "Sure thing."

"Mhmm, every single person here. Not a native in sight. Pretty sure the houses were here already, abandoned and empty. Creepy, now that I think about it." He hadn't thought to question too much when he first arrived. Not about the details and particulars. More the how, and how crazy he must be to be experiencing it. Maybe he still was crazy.