I’m sure that people would have understood if you had? After all, it was for a very important plan, and sometimes… those do go awry.

[ So tearing a dress by mistake was just an unfortunate risk, and the plan was more important from what Aerith had told him before. ]

Perhaps that is for the best if he didn’t, not everyone is a good at acting… So perhaps not doing so made his uh- appearance seem more natural?