[Something snapped in the back of Laguna's head; it felt like something small in the back of his brain that began to shake violently the further down his body, he was lucky his knee's didn't buckle under the weight of it. Ignored his existence? Ignored? It wasn't anger that he felt, but the somber weight of sadness that had replaced the tension in his chest as he reached a hand into his rucksack. He wanted to explain the situation to Squall, but it seemed the time for that had passed. He finally pulled out a single card, a Triple Triad card which he tossed to Squall, knowing he'd catch it...he was a soldier after all; oddly enough if or when he chose to look at it, he'd see his own face from the day he'd official became a SeeD.]

Ignored? I thought of you and Ellone and Raine every day, every single day for 18 years. Every single day since I heard you'd been living in Balamb and had become a SeeD, I kept tabs to make sure you were okay. I did what I had to do to make sure you were as safe as I could manage. Was I there for you when you needed me? No. Was I able to help you when it counted? No. But I never forgot you or the rest of my family. I know I made mistakes, I know I messed up and you suffered for it; but I'm here willing to start making it right.

[Everything about him seemed shaky and ready to fall apart; from his stance to his voice took on the definition of fragile. He'd bared the most vulnerable part of himself; he was just waiting for Squall to take that last shot.]