Unfortunately that was the sort of negativity Cloud pretty much lived on a lot of the time... Which probably made it a good thing that he had Zack, whether that be before he died or here.

He ducked his head a little, pleased he'd managed this much at least, but he sighed and nodded, frowning at the ground.

"Yeah. But maybe if we could've done something earlier..." Again with the 'what ifs', but it wasn't fair. To anyone, even if Cloud was still angry at what Sephiroth had done.

"... doesn't matter, I guess. I mean, it happened the same way both here and for me," Cloud looked up with a little grimace. Was it unavoidable, or was there, maybe, a place where things had happened differently? Cloud liked that idea, even if it wasn't one they knew.