[Zack turns to her a little more. His hand squeezes hers back. He wants to pull her into a hug but for the moment he waits. This is a lot of heavy information. But he does bring up a hand to tug her chin up and he's smiling a little.]

The last thing I would want would be for you to get anywhere near Hojo.

[Then he nods solemnly.]

Cloud was pretty damn out of it. The Mako in our systems... I was used to the effects even at the high levels that were being injected into us. Cloud wasn't a SOLDIER, he was just a foot solider. So I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't remember any of this.

[SOLIDERS are infused with Mako very early in their careers. His body had a tolerance to it. But Cloud...]