You're welcome. [It might not have been the highest praise, but anything worth having is worth studying for. At least, that's what he's always believed.]

Quite all right. I'm not on duty now. I'm on leave.

[I'm on leave. The words sounded strange in his mouth, almost surprising him as he said them. When was the last time he'd been on leave? He couldn't even remember.]

So I may do as I like. [That, too, wasn't the kind of thing he ordinarily said, usually set upon doing his duty, completing his work. So much work. ShinRa kept giving him more and more. He was currently shouldering twice the workload he used to.

Except for now. Now he was on vacation.] I'd be pleased to help.