[Right... explanations. Those are a thing he can do, although he sends a glare Selphie's way first. He'd been trying to avoid needing to bring this sort of thing up.]

A Sorceress is supposed to have a Knight to help protect her, and to... keep her from getting too caught up in her powers, basically. A Sorceress without a Knight runs the risk of becoming a rogue Sorceress, like Ultimecia. SeeD is charged with tracking down and eliminating those rogue Sorceresses.