Bullshit or not, it's a fact of how the... passing of the magic works or how being a Knight for a Sorceress works either. There's... rules to it, consistent ones through history and legends.

[He'd been the one to do all that research after all, and even if Ultimecia had had her claws in him and was pulling his strings... it wasn't the same as him being helpless or unwilling. Not really.]

I'll have you represent me in court against Trabia and Galbadia, I'm sure they'll love that.

[He takes the water, downing half of it.]

...So, who're we playing nice with while avoiding Garden?