[he bats at Zack's offending finger but even then there's still no move to shake the other man off his shoulders. It's - Zack. And it doesn't matter how much he seems to be back in the past, he can't help but think that this opportunity is ever going to come again. He wants to apologize, he wants to come up with excuses for why he's blown the life Zack gave him so badly... and yet - this Zack wouldn't understand any of that and Cloud - Cloud doesn't want to waste even a second on anything that would upset his friend. Not when he can just soak in the fact that Zack's happy and alive and that makes the entire world right.]

Wolves, Zack. Nibelheim has wolves. Not frogs. Our monsters bite you, not slap you. I think I like getting savaged over getting turned into something small and green that has to resort to slapping back as my only means of attack.

[he had to pause. Had to smirk. Had to dryly add:]

Though I guess that explains a lot about you.