Oh--- Cloud winced, instantly feeling both guilty awkward. He should probably have said that differently, but saying it outright made it easier for him to actually deal with it (as much as he was dealing with it... could you deal with something like that?). He took a step closer, because different Zack or not, it was Zack.
The hand he'd reached out sort of hovered awkwardly, barely brushing Zack's arm before it dropped back.
"... sorry. It's..." Cloud paused, grimacing a little, "I met my... um, older self here, he said that too. But I... tossed Sephiroth into the reactor and then, I guess, I didn't last long enough." It ended softly, and apparently while it was easier to say he died, how still brought up the feeling of steel going through him and feeling guilty as he looked up at Zack.
Cloud shook his head and looked up at this Zack instead; it made it easier to keep the memory a memory, even if he looked upset.
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Oh--- Cloud winced, instantly feeling both guilty awkward. He should probably have said that differently, but saying it outright made it easier for him to actually deal with it (as much as he was dealing with it... could you deal with something like that?). He took a step closer, because different Zack or not, it was Zack.
The hand he'd reached out sort of hovered awkwardly, barely brushing Zack's arm before it dropped back.
"... sorry. It's..." Cloud paused, grimacing a little, "I met my... um, older self here, he said that too. But I... tossed Sephiroth into the reactor and then, I guess, I didn't last long enough." It ended softly, and apparently while it was easier to say he died, how still brought up the feeling of steel going through him and feeling guilty as he looked up at Zack.
Cloud shook his head and looked up at this Zack instead; it made it easier to keep the memory a memory, even if he looked upset.