[HE'D JUST BEEN FIXED AND THINGS WERE STILL A LITTLE SHAKY. ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Cloud still hadn't moved, only stumbling forward a few steps when Zack pulled him in a for hug- but he didn't return the gesture, frozen in place and in a daze.
If being on a different planet wasn't surreal enough, this...]
You're not dead.
[Repeated back, quietly. He had actually listened though, obvious by the deep breaths he was taking while staring at his best friend.
Zack. His face scrunched up for a moment, brows furrowed, Cloud clearly upset by the sense of this is terribly wrong. Maybe it really was a hallucination after all, but it wasn't as important to figure out now, not if there was a chance to spend time with Zack again.]
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Cloud still hadn't moved, only stumbling forward a few steps when Zack pulled him in a for hug- but he didn't return the gesture, frozen in place and in a daze.
If being on a different planet wasn't surreal enough, this...]
You're not dead.
[Repeated back, quietly. He had actually listened though, obvious by the deep breaths he was taking while staring at his best friend.
Zack. His face scrunched up for a moment, brows furrowed, Cloud clearly upset by the sense of this is terribly wrong. Maybe it really was a hallucination after all, but it wasn't as important to figure out now, not if there was a chance to spend time with Zack again.]