[Oracle also watches the snake for a moment, but it does indeed appear sufficiently dead. Still, she keeps her gun on hand as she nods at Shining.]

I appreciate the hand. I made the mistake of assuming Cid had given me all of the necessary details for this mission.

[Partly his fault for not being thorough, mostly hers for being so trusting and overconfident in her new abilities. Ah, well, it was a success all the same.]