At the mention of Zell his gaze had followed hers to where she has looked, his eyebrows furrowed in concern. He made a mental note to himself to check on Zell's condition as soon as he could. There were few people Squall cared about, but his childhood friends and teammates were some of those people. Even that idiot Zell.

He let her finish her spell and it actually did help release some of the pain throbbing in his head and he let out an appreciative breath. But not before noting Selphie's usual smile on her face even when talking about Zell being in such a dire condition, though. He frowned slightly.

"You're... okay, though?" He said awkwardly, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, "Here. I mean. In this place."

He was still bad at these things.