Cloud nods, but "contractor" really just confirms the suspicions that he's carrying about this man. Best not to get onto his bad side.

"Yeah. Anyone with the right training and access to some can use it. You also have to have enough energy to use magic too. If you use too much at once you risk passing out." Cloud looks at his hands as well, and his staff. "I was told that too. It's hard to believe that I can just cast magic without materia now. Where is the power coming from then?" He just can't wrap his mind around these new laws of physics.