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After exhausting all of our options, we head back toward the entrance, only to see Xu headed for the elevator. They follow her up to the 2nd floor, and when she asks whose side they're on, Squall simply says, "Neither." He recognizes there's more urgent stuff at the moment than picking sides in this riot. When Squall tells her about the missiles, she informs them that Cid's actually been in his office the whole time. They tried to make it seem like he was in hiding to divert everyone's attention. Hiding in plain sight and all that.

When we reach Cid's office, he's already been informed about the missiles. Unfortunately, the intercom is busted, so they can't announce an order to evacuate. Cid tells them to assist Fujin, Raijin, and Xu in warning everyone to evacuate and then get out themselves. Squall wonders what's going on in his mind right now. He insists that he has a lot to report, but Cid says it can wait until later as he gives a shaky SeeD salute. However, Squall thinks that he might be dead later. Cid asks if there's some sort of problem, and for the first time in the game, he actually vocalizes his thoughts aloud, asking him what he intends to do.

Cid says he's going to stay here until the end, although he assures them he hasn't resigned himself to death. He has one last ditch plan, but he's really in no shape to be doing it himself, so Squall insists that he let them handle it instead. When Cid asks him why, he goes through a bevy of reasons in his mind: Cid might screw up, he wants to do more than just announce an evacuation, Balamb Garden is important to him, too, he wants to find out Cid's plan, and because this is his home. Ultimately, he doesn't think his "reasons" matter, and he tells Cid that his feelings have nothing to do with it. As we just saw, he's clearly lying, but at least he's starting to be more honest with himself, even if not with everyone else quite yet.

Cid laughs and says that Quistis was right that he has a hard time expressing his feelings. In his mind, Squall wonders why he should bother, and why he's being judged for his lack of expression. Then Cid tells them that this building used to be a shelter of some kind before it was remodeled into the Garden as they know it now. He tosses Squall a key to unlock access to the basement levels on the elevator. Supposedly, there's some sort of control system down there. Cid himself has never seen it and has no clue what it does, but since this used to be a shelter, maybe it'll protect them from the missiles. Squall doesn't really like such a half-cocked plan, but it's better than nothing.
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