"The mission was to keep Rufus safe," Reno said, simply. "Tseng kept him safe. S'what he does. S'what he is. And now Rufus is better, so maybe... the mission can change. Maybe we're always gonna be Turks, but maybe what Turks are can change, too, and we can just... change with it."

He shrugged, like that made all the sense in the world, to him.

"It isn't a job. I get paid for it, sure. But it isn't just a job. It's me. Me an' Turk. It's the same thing. And bein' me maybe doesn't have to kill me. Not anymore. I'm gonna be a Turk until I die. Even if I quit."