Cloud's eyes widened a bit as he learned he was in the presence of a Blitzball hotshot. He'd been following the game a bit here, and cheering on Yuna and a few of the other Heroes turned players, just as he promised he would. It didn't seem quite like his kind of sport to play in himself.

But when Tidus asked about the army he got a little shifty eyed and looked a little uncomfortable. "Well...there wasn't really a threat. There was a war against Wutai but...It was basically an army belonging to ShinRa. The company that built all the Mako reactors we use."