[Nida rises to his feet, collecting his things. Which includes pulling a long cloth-wrapped parcel from under the table and passing it over to Selphie. A second, shorter one, he puts over his own shoulder.

Clearly the Garden cadets didn't go anywhere unarmed. Selphie wraps an arm around one of Melvin's and smiles.]

I have magic to help me, and Nida's an infiltration cadet. If we can't get back in, we don't deserve our marks.

[Nida sighs and roll shis eyes.]

What she's saying is we're already prepared for thing to go whatever weird way they go. So let us do this.