[The unfamiliar term was met with a brief blank look.] Black mage? I'm a blue mage primarily, since I learn the unique attacks of monsters on my... back home. Aside from that, I'm a professional mercenary, and one of my specialties is combative magic. I just seem to have a talent for it. [More than some others anyway, though all SeeD were required to learn and use it.

And Quistis has to smile at what he says - in some ways, he sounds like her.] Wrong - happiness is a concern to any decent human being. And I believe you weren't in control at that time, so I don't see why you should take more guilt than is necessary onto your own shoulders for it. The more you do that, the more you start to sink... and sink... and eventually you just get swept away. [She turns that smile, a little more ironically, at him.] Speaking from experience.