Cloud thought back to that brief encounter, and as he did the memory came back with all the emotion of the moment. Chuckling, he rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment. "I had tried to approach him sneakily but he saw right through my lies. He didn't even seem surprised about who I was or that I was from the future. If anything he seemed annoyed at me for doing it."

Cloud looked at the floor as he thought about that day. He could have approached him directly. Or at least tried to push the point further instead of letting him walk away....not that there was much he could have done to stop him, he was sure.

"So it was just that, really; that he wouldn't be the same person in our time. I think he was trying to tell me that I shouldn't try to give him any sympathy. Or not to expect any from him. He was resigned to it."