He thinks about it for awhile, almost feeling dizzy about the idea. He likes the Garden. The traveling, the adventure, the stupid kids and their classes. Hell, the only reason he was considering getting a job as a teacher was to keep better tabs on the kids, which he'd never do if he was off campus.

He'd do just about anything to please Grell, and wouldn't it be a good idea to infiltrate the rest of the world, to set up bases there? Wouldn't it be good practice for how he's going to protect the islands back home?

But....

"No," he already knows his answer, somehow. "It's not just Cid and my brothers. Those stupid kids need us to look after them there. However much we say we can do it better by finding our enemies abroad, we can't. We have to be there in person to do it." He leaned forward to kiss her head. "Sorry love."