Rinoa's eyes widen as she listens, and then her heart instantly hurts for him. "I told Squall to kill me back home if I ever turned evil and changed into them, and I meant it. Anyone with a conscience and those powers, in our world, would say the same." She's not sure if Edea ever thought of that, or if it happened so quickly to her she wasn't ready. But he said might do, not did do. She bit her lip.

She reaches out to take his hand, squeezing it comfortingly. "It is," she agrees quietly. "Maybe Cid and Edea's intentions were originally good, but intention only matters so long." The SeeD also got corrupted from other forces and the weakness of its leader Cid let to a bad system. "It's not your fault, Nida. This is how you were raised. How you all were raised."