[He doesn't have to wait for her, but that he does fills her with a similar warmth that she's felt since putting her eyes on him again. Five years haven't changed him completely, it seems. Or perhaps the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Aerith offers him a grateful look as she manages to make way to his side, though not without a fair amount of wobbling. She hardly seems like a tower of stability.]

Well, I wouldn't say that. Just that people have different ways of handling things. Not everyone is very patient and some people just want time to be angry and upset. That's fair. [He makes mention of a bodyguard and she pauses for some moments. She has one, of course. What will Cloud think when he meets Zack? Their resemblances are uncanny. And Aerith...

Well...

She knows more than both of them, she wagers.]

I guess I kind of have one of those. He's certainly helping, but I think he'd prefer it if I didn't get myself too involved in things. He doesn't mind me helping, but I think he's just worried something will happen to me.

[She smiles a bit sheepishly. She wishes there was a way to not give Cloud too much cause for concern.]