Ramza felt his anger rise to see Cloud so cruelly used against his friends. If he could not be freed, Ramza was willing to do the young guard the mercy of ending it.

But if they could take back the Black Crystal and eliminate its power of Cloud, their friend might yet pull through. It took great fortitude to throw off mind control, but Ramza did not put it past Cloud to do so for the sake of those he cared for.

"We should separate them, if we can. Do not allow the moogles to act in concert as they desire." Divide and conquer was the tried and true method to achieve victory.

He drew his sword and started to maneuver himself so he could engage a moogle, taking the hits from the spells as he went.