"Don't worry about me." If he was short, before, now he's downright stern - because she's taking pity on him for no reason he can see, and that isn't something he needs. Maybe he isn't the strongest or the smartest, but even with all the trouble it takes just pulling himself through, he won't accept being looked down upon.

"Everybody has bad dreams." Though even as he says this, Cloud doesn't appear to register that he might be having one of his own, right now. He draws away farther, stepping back toward the stairs leading down and out, fidgeting again with the strap of his rifle.