[ He shakes his head. ]

I'm not--I'm not your Squall Leonhart, though I did have that name once.

[ He swallows thickly again, ducking his head momentarily before looking back up at her. ]

I come from a city called Radiant Garden; ten years ago, it was destroyed, and... [ He looks away, eyes narrowing, lost in a bleak memory. ] I couldn't save you.