Wait, Cloud was claiming to be what? Zack just makes a very puzzled look. That isn't... that isn't his to tell, is it? But it seems like it must be, because that's wrong.

"Cloud was there, Tifa. He never made SOLDIER. He was a trooper. I left him outside of the reactor with you, to keep you out," Zack says. This is Cloud's secret to tell, but with all he's heard, maybe... something more is wrong. "He was my best friend, Tifa, and he was there. He's the reason Sephiroth was stopped, as 'stopped' as that was. I tried. And I failed. I gave him my sword and I told him that he had to stop Sephiroth. And... what we got for it was the worst."

He shivers, arms wrapping around himself. There's no comfort there.