Cloud simply tilted his head at the mention of Tifa. She had filled him in after the recent incident, but it took something as heavy as that to get her to do it. Up to that point she had been coddling him, trying to make it out to be for his own good.

"If anything....just treat me the same you would your Cloud, okay? Our experiences may not be the same, and I guess our goals aren't either right now. But something is happening to this world and it's our responsibility to do something about it." Cloud looked young, but the confidence was building in his heart. He'd get to where he needed to be soon.