Only four new SeeDs for the whole year? In an operation that needs to keep the lights on for three very expensive boarding academies?
This is a good point, particularly given that the operation endangers the lives of its operatives! And then they immediately send three of the new SeeDs off to Timber; Zell expresses surprise that it's only three of them, and he's informed that it's because they've agreed to take the mission on for very little money. How many SeeDs are there? Enough for a three-person squad to be unusually small, and it's not as if Garden's been around for decades. Multiple exams per year would make a lot of sense.
(I just checked the script, and you're right about the number of people taking the exam; Cid says, 'This exam will involve 12 members from Squads A through D.'
Also, you never have to apologise for going on Final Fantasy VIII-related tangents on my journal! I want to talk about this game five hundred percent of the time.)
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This is a good point, particularly given that the operation endangers the lives of its operatives! And then they immediately send three of the new SeeDs off to Timber; Zell expresses surprise that it's only three of them, and he's informed that it's because they've agreed to take the mission on for very little money. How many SeeDs are there? Enough for a three-person squad to be unusually small, and it's not as if Garden's been around for decades. Multiple exams per year would make a lot of sense.
(I just checked the script, and you're right about the number of people taking the exam; Cid says, 'This exam will involve 12 members from Squads A through D.'
Also, you never have to apologise for going on Final Fantasy VIII-related tangents on my journal! I want to talk about this game five hundred percent of the time.)