Cloud followed the order he was given, hefting up Reno and carrying him through the dark passage. He spared one last glance to Ramza as he fell away, his brow furrowed. He wanted to believe in his friend but part of him wondered just when the change happened. Before or after? And how much was he involved in it.
He pushed the thought away as he stepped through. It wasn't going to help.
Upon arriving at the Enterprise, Cloud joined in the pessimism. "It was a trap to begin with. Kalki knew we wouldn't have any choice but to do this so she took the chance to make it her victory." He was cut off by Ira before he could get to Ramza and maybe it was for the best. He was running hot on adrenaline and anger right now, not thinking clearly and hope was being held at arm's length.
But Ira was right. He felt the same way about Ramza and so he felt betrayed, but he also knew enough about Ira's powers to believe in his words. "Maybe it's because he never used any Jobs. Or maybe it's because of who he was." He shook his head, there was no way of picking this apart now.
Instead he rolled off of Ale's comments. "Cid, have you seen any of them?" He rattled off the list of names of the missing, including Deadpool.
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Elsewhere, closer to the stairs and that exit the other Heroes were using an unaccompanied gold chocobo fussed and fretted as it waited for its Hero to emerge from the crumbling keep. Zack had never accepted Cloud's decision to leave him behind at the ranch for this and he slipped his hitching post and stable stall shortly after the Heroes had landed at Pandemonium.
But Zack is a smart bird and he'll listen to anyone who tells him Cloud is safe and will also help carry any of the unconscious or wounded to safety.
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He pushed the thought away as he stepped through. It wasn't going to help.
Upon arriving at the Enterprise, Cloud joined in the pessimism. "It was a trap to begin with. Kalki knew we wouldn't have any choice but to do this so she took the chance to make it her victory." He was cut off by Ira before he could get to Ramza and maybe it was for the best. He was running hot on adrenaline and anger right now, not thinking clearly and hope was being held at arm's length.
But Ira was right. He felt the same way about Ramza and so he felt betrayed, but he also knew enough about Ira's powers to believe in his words. "Maybe it's because he never used any Jobs. Or maybe it's because of who he was." He shook his head, there was no way of picking this apart now.
Instead he rolled off of Ale's comments. "Cid, have you seen any of them?" He rattled off the list of names of the missing, including Deadpool.
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Elsewhere, closer to the stairs and that exit the other Heroes were using an unaccompanied gold chocobo fussed and fretted as it waited for its Hero to emerge from the crumbling keep. Zack had never accepted Cloud's decision to leave him behind at the ranch for this and he slipped his hitching post and stable stall shortly after the Heroes had landed at Pandemonium.
But Zack is a smart bird and he'll listen to anyone who tells him Cloud is safe and will also help carry any of the unconscious or wounded to safety.