"I'd be surprised if you weren't." He always kind of got the feeling that Cloud was a good guy. Maybe a bit headstrong and susceptible to mind manipulation, but definitely not a seedy type or one to break trust if it could be helped. Maybe that's why he let that detail slip...

"Why am I not surprised?" He asked rhetorically. "'Let's meet together at a location of my choosing. It clearly isn't a trap of sorts meant to kill every last one of you, no!'"

...He may have personal experience with that.