[ When he pulls himself back, what pain had been there before - the expression he had been trying to duck and hide from - is gone. Instead there is something softer there. Some small bit of resolve, determination. Not the steely gaze Cloud gets when he's focused on a fight.
Something else. ]
Since you never will...
[ And now it's Cloud's fist resting against the opposite side of Zack's chest. ]
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Something else. ]
Since you never will...
[ And now it's Cloud's fist resting against the opposite side of Zack's chest. ]
Guess I'll just have to. For the both of us.
[ Just a silent, unspoken "I'm okay now." ]