[Cloud remains blocking the way ntil he's absolutely sure that Barret is backing down. At that point an unfamiliar smile spreads across his face.]

Thanks...I know this can't be easy for you. But if you can't trust him then try to trust me. We want to help Gaia too, but right now that means saving this world and making sure the Calamity doesn't get back there somehow.

[Cloud glances back at Sephiroth, making sure if he's okay. He doesn't want to have to stand between the two like this. He hopes that Barret's worries won't come to be, but if it did come down to a fight between the two of them he is fairly sure of which side he'd likely take.]