It clicks halfway through that- when Zack glares at the ceiling like he'd like to bore holes into the plates, command the stars to swallow him up, when he bites out his own existence was the cause of his suffering. It becomes clear as Zack goes along, pulls out this bloody piece of his past and lays it bare for Cloud to see, why everything Cloud's been saying bothers him so much.
It's not the same- Cloud wants to tell him it's not the same, but he doesn't know if that'll even matter. If it'll hold any weight, when Cloud doesn't even remember the man.]
...that wasn't fair of him, [Cloud says lowly instead, because he can't reassure him but he also because he doesn't remember the man and doesn't have a single shred of loyalty for him. All he can see left of whoever is was are the wounds Zack's bearing even now, years later.]
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It clicks halfway through that- when Zack glares at the ceiling like he'd like to bore holes into the plates, command the stars to swallow him up, when he bites out his own existence was the cause of his suffering. It becomes clear as Zack goes along, pulls out this bloody piece of his past and lays it bare for Cloud to see, why everything Cloud's been saying bothers him so much.
It's not the same- Cloud wants to tell him it's not the same, but he doesn't know if that'll even matter. If it'll hold any weight, when Cloud doesn't even remember the man.]
...that wasn't fair of him, [Cloud says lowly instead, because he can't reassure him but he also because he doesn't remember the man and doesn't have a single shred of loyalty for him. All he can see left of whoever is was are the wounds Zack's bearing even now, years later.]