Mm. Between Ayaka and an oni named Itto, I got the gist. Getting the equivalent of your ambition taken from you... [ At least. That's how Eula described a Vision. Rather than trail on it for too long, Cloud simply shakes his head with a gentler breath. ] Glad it's over now.

[ He doesn't quite realize it, watching Kaedehara as he shifts on camera, but as he settles down and listens, Cloud's finding himself relaxing further in kind. Enough so that while he doesn't mimic the samurai, he's fallen out of his seiza posture in exchange for letting his legs set to one side, leaning against his hand. ]

You can say that again... [ Meaning that...yyyeah the Northern Wilds weren't gonna be a place he visited any time soon. ] Could say he's a fellow traveler. You know a guy named Aether?