[Cloud has no idea what to say to that. "I'm sorry," and "oh my God" and "holy fucking shit" and everything else just seems really shallow in the face of that. He's not even sure if he should try offering comfort of any kind; would she snap at it, hate him for it? Think he's looking down on her?
Is he pitying her?
He watches her face, torn, and- no. She's older, she knows better, and just like with Jenova he's very, very small in comparison. But she's not like Jenova, and...
He reaches over and...has no idea what he's doing. Rests the backs of his fingers against her cheek. As if his hand happened to be there and her cheek happened to be there and it really was only coincidence.]
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Is he pitying her?
He watches her face, torn, and- no. She's older, she knows better, and just like with Jenova he's very, very small in comparison. But she's not like Jenova, and...
He reaches over and...has no idea what he's doing. Rests the backs of his fingers against her cheek. As if his hand happened to be there and her cheek happened to be there and it really was only coincidence.]