[Let him tell you about the enhanced super soldiers ShinRa makes, created with a substance no one knows exactly how it works and cells from an alien but shh!

Looking up, Cloud blinks and stares for a silent moment, then he nods, hesitantly. He's not sure why he'd offer, but...]

I've... got a friend, here, from where I'm from. From a more, um... elite unit than the one I' in. [He can't help the grimace that comes out at that, his failure still sour, even if there's nothing he can do about it.]

Zack's helping, but... if it won't be a bother...

[A shrug. Then he certainly wouldn't mind.]