Deliverance through destruction. Most of the figure's rambling didn't mean much to Ven, but that line, at least, had earned a dark look. He had nothing but good impressions of moogles for the most part, but that didn't deter him from accepting how bad things were looking.

Before he could mouth off with his own retort, however, that lightning blast came -- and as worked up and tensed as he was to move, he teleported quickly to the side with Flash to avoid it; but overcompensated, it seemed, since it wasn't a very high-level spell. His guard faltered a second later, however, when he finally saw the figure clearly and did a double-take.

It couldn't really be...?

"Cloud... Cloud! What are you doing?!" And there went his anger, traded instead for confusion and disbelief.