Fair enough. I did say I started later than most.

[ But that's mages, and the sort of training they tend to receive at such a young age isn't exactly suitable for warfare, still. An interesting conundrum, but maybe that's just how things work in Sephiroth's world. He still knows just as little about it, after all. ]

Though I still suspect there's more to you than you let on. But I suppose I'll just have to live in mystery.