[Upset or not, now he feels kind of... bad, especially as he now remembers the quick comments Zack had made that first day. Rubbing his face, Cloud shakes his head.]

He... Kind of. Not in detail yet, I... forgot. [The expression is more of a grimace than the tentative smile he'd tried for and he just stares at the table for a bit, hands dropping to his lap and digging his nails into the palms of his hand.]

He mentioned it the first day but... [There'd been a lot that day, and not just Zack... But most particularly Zack.] I haven't really made an effort to ask yet.

[Which he probably should, because if he had done it earlier then this could've been avoided. Glancing up, Cloud winces at what he can see from Riku's expression, but trying to come up with something to say his brain is completely empty for several long, awful moments.]

Um... does Zack still use just the blunt end of the Buster sword..?

[Cloud winces again at the rushed, awkward tone, but that's better than nothing, right?]