I've wanted to ask him about the headaches, too... but I was afraid that if I did, they'd just start acting up again. So, I just left it... I would be there when they happened, but questioning them...
[Does this make her a bad person for not asking? For not pushing Cloud to talk? She knows how he is—if he doesn't want to talk about something, then he won't, and Tifa, in all her patience, never wants to force him past his boundaries.
So, she understands well where Zack is coming from. Even more now that she's heard all of this.
She picks up her tea again and drinks it, sipping slowly before she lowers it far enough that her eyes can watch the liquid swish and ripple.]
Zack... [Her voice is firm, not quite so gentle as it usually is when she says his name. She wants to convey the weight of her next request to him.] Would you be able to keep an eye on Cloud?
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[She knows that very, very well.]
I've wanted to ask him about the headaches, too... but I was afraid that if I did, they'd just start acting up again. So, I just left it... I would be there when they happened, but questioning them...
[Does this make her a bad person for not asking? For not pushing Cloud to talk? She knows how he is—if he doesn't want to talk about something, then he won't, and Tifa, in all her patience, never wants to force him past his boundaries.
So, she understands well where Zack is coming from. Even more now that she's heard all of this.
She picks up her tea again and drinks it, sipping slowly before she lowers it far enough that her eyes can watch the liquid swish and ripple.]
Zack... [Her voice is firm, not quite so gentle as it usually is when she says his name. She wants to convey the weight of her next request to him.] Would you be able to keep an eye on Cloud?