Cloud offered a smile in thanks for the refill, but it was built on a flimsy foundation. At least this time the turmoil in his heart seemed a bit lighter than in other cases. He pursed his lips in thought, debating where to begin. He decided to start in the middle, where he found himself.

"My world is pretty complicated I guess, and a lot of the people from my world got brought here from different years. Sephiroth is from my time. Yuffie was in the future. I think Zack was too now that I think about it. Tifa definitely was. I was basically the furthest back I think." Or Sephiroth, but that hardly mattered these days.

"I know what happens in my future. I don't want it to happen, but you know, we can't control Crystal Stasis and all that." He waved his hand to stir the air, this wasn't the point he was trying to get to. He looked down into his glass, clasping his fingers around it as focused on the ripples in the water.

"Zack wasn't here for long. We barely had time to talk. He was my best friend and he watched out for me at home. I was hoping to return the favor. And with all we've learned I'm worried about him. Him and Tifa..." His brow furrowed this time, "She was from far in my future. After everything that happens. I'm supposed to be a year older than her. Instead she was like five years older than me. And she'd been through so much I guess it changed her?" He pursed his lips again. There was more but he didn't continue just yet.