[Worded a little more vehemently than he really meant to. He realizes, it's why his head drops and he absent-mindedly shakes out the hand he had smacked against the wall in frustration.
Looking down at it, he flexes his fingers a few times as he gathers his thoughts. Accept it? That he somehow ended up with a mysterious friend who has handed him a blank check he can cash whenever he needs him?]
I-
[He's flying blind, here. He doesn't know what he's supposed to do, where he goes from here. If there's anywhere to go to and if it's even worth trying. Zack and Vincent both exist and mean something important to Cloud, and both of those are tangled up complications for completely different reasons.]
[ he can't fault the kid for finding it difficult to accept or reckon with, not when he himself would react in the same way. (maybe a little less angrily, but he tends to give "keeping one's cool" a whole new meaning.) all the same, he isn't quite sure how to reassure him here. ]
You don't have to know what to do with it, Cloud. [ his tone is calm and steady as he offers a light shrug of his shoulder. ] Just let it be.
[ a thoughtful pause and then: ] There will come a day when you need me. When that time comes, you can then do something with it.
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[Worded a little more vehemently than he really meant to. He realizes, it's why his head drops and he absent-mindedly shakes out the hand he had smacked against the wall in frustration.
Looking down at it, he flexes his fingers a few times as he gathers his thoughts. Accept it? That he somehow ended up with a mysterious friend who has handed him a blank check he can cash whenever he needs him?]
I-
[He's flying blind, here. He doesn't know what he's supposed to do, where he goes from here. If there's anywhere to go to and if it's even worth trying. Zack and Vincent both exist and mean something important to Cloud, and both of those are tangled up complications for completely different reasons.]
Don't know.
[stop overthinking? don't know her.]
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You don't have to know what to do with it, Cloud. [ his tone is calm and steady as he offers a light shrug of his shoulder. ] Just let it be.
[ a thoughtful pause and then: ] There will come a day when you need me. When that time comes, you can then do something with it.