#They were not willing to bury the Nibelheim Massacre because it was considered 'too dirty' for even THEIR tastes canonically

[gcldfanged]

Are the Turks not just as heinous as that which they 'rescued' you from? Using you and your skills- and should you defy or oppose their order, will you not be punished for such? Demoted, demoralised? No one leaves the Turks- you best hope never to fall for one outside of them. For there is a body bag with your name on it already.

"See, the thing is- I'm not your standard issue mutt. I'm not part of 'The Pack', per say. At least not the main cell. I was given more freedom to go about my business- So long as I remained a reliable resource to the company. We both understood that, it made up the very lynchpin of our arrangement."

Ironically, it was his dedication and follow-through on the more questionable orders that did NOT endear him to many of the mainline agents he used to interact with.

"I've ever been a loyal tool, much to the displeasure of my own rank and file. Who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their vaunted leader when the Nibelheim Incident needed to be contained, who burned all of the incriminating documents, who handed the specimens over to Research and Development's sticky little fingers? I didn't see hide nor hair of my fellows jumping at the command."

Smoothing calloused palms down the richly dyed silk of his clothing, the dark tan of his olive-toned skin emphasized the thick embroidery creating a vivid depictions of peony crowns, stalking tigers, and spaded leaves of bamboo artfully juxtaposed against subtle repeating arabesque patterns stamped into the fabric of his suit.

"Shinra's corporate power lies in tattered ruins, post-Meteor Fall. One of the few men I once answered to graciously offered me a choice, so I took the one that benefited me most. If Tseng wants to go back on his word, he can tell me that personally. If my life is just another debt owed, then he may certainly come to collect."