"And he's just... what, a little older than, um, this Planet's Cloud," Cloud said, nose scrunching up and at least not getting mired in the idea of how many years that had passed. Instead he was frowning over how silly it sounded to say that, and using his own name in third person.

It was just weird. Somehow even more weird than talking to his older self, but at least they were face to face then. It made a difference, somehow.

"... are you saying you're over the hill when you're not even thirty, Zack?" Cloud added, dry amusement colouring the slight snark, and he relaxed even more, now. It wasn't okay, not really, but this was helping.