[ It's easier, he tells himself. Being an outsider looking in. When asked why he opted to guard the portal and fend off any Glaciduets, Galeduets, Flameduets, Terraduets, or any creature that dare try and get past, Cloud merely boasted that it was something he was really good at. Call it a throwback to bodyguard duty, but somebody had to make sure that the support team on the outside was protected too. If everyone went in guns-a-blazing with no one to look after the other team... ]
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[ But as Cloud leans against a tree, arms crossed as he keeps a watchful eye on the portal alongside a familiar black hedgehog, there's also a flicker of something else in his mako-infused blues. Hesitance. Distraction.
He doesn't want to get close to that portal... He looses a sigh, not realizing the thin frown that mars his lips. ]
for shadow.
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[ But as Cloud leans against a tree, arms crossed as he keeps a watchful eye on the portal alongside a familiar black hedgehog, there's also a flicker of something else in his mako-infused blues. Hesitance. Distraction.
He doesn't want to get close to that portal... He looses a sigh, not realizing the thin frown that mars his lips. ]