"Wonder if that means... you can have more than one sun, too..." It was something to think on that didn't feel uncertain and unsettling, even if he's thinking about it because of the situation.

Looking back up at Zack as he shifts, Cloud... meets that attempted smile with an attempt of his own. Both of them seem to be failing, today, but it feels especially wrong that Zack can't manage it. Cloud's not sure what he can do to fix it though.

"Yeah. We do," he says and nods, decisively. Tries not to think about how his stomach had churned while he'd been going through the pods, wondering what he'd do if Zack - or anyone else - wasn't among them.

"You know, I wasn't sure... if it'd be right to hope you were here, but I'm..." licking his lips as he pauses, Cloud's next small, shy smile is a little easier, if still rather pale, "glad you are, though. It's not a snowy mountain, but... it's pretty backwater anyway, isn't it?"

It's a dumb, pale attempt at... not really a joke even, and it makes him feel awkward right as he says it, Cloud ducking his head, but it's earnestly meant.