Rinoa looked back rather calmly. "I never said that they were not important." Because her friends were, but she had made a promise to Squall to be here and that she was going to be waiting for him.

That promise had been something that both have needed, especially Squall since he was used to people leaving him and she had wanted to let him that she wasn’t going to do the same to him.

"They already know and they understand."