[ He wasn't expecting that. He wasn't fishing for that. And though Cloud won't ask for anything more, if only so he can give back the same amount of respect and attention he thinks the hedgehog deserves, his words actually...settle easier with him. Maybe Cloud didn't ask for comfort, and maybe Shadow's words were simply fact. But it's still something that was going to linger with him for some time.
In a good way. But before he can finish what he was going to say to him, almost as if right on cue, ]
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[ Instantly, he's hopped away from the support he'd been leaning against earlier, instantly by Shadow's side as he draws his sword. There's that focus. There's that shift. The doubt was gone as a Terraduet lumbers through the portal, burning armor and all.
Shame, now that he thinks about it. That there wouldn't be larger numbers that slip on through. It's unfair— for the Terraduet as Cloud tilts his gaze to Shadow with a trace smirk. ]
Almost like it's proving your point.
[ They're not failing. It's either going right back through that portal? Or getting ground to dust between these two. ]
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[ He wasn't expecting that. He wasn't fishing for that. And though Cloud won't ask for anything more, if only so he can give back the same amount of respect and attention he thinks the hedgehog deserves, his words actually...settle easier with him. Maybe Cloud didn't ask for comfort, and maybe Shadow's words were simply fact. But it's still something that was going to linger with him for some time.
In a good way. But before he can finish what he was going to say to him, almost as if right on cue, ]
!
[ Instantly, he's hopped away from the support he'd been leaning against earlier, instantly by Shadow's side as he draws his sword. There's that focus. There's that shift. The doubt was gone as a Terraduet lumbers through the portal, burning armor and all.
Shame, now that he thinks about it. That there wouldn't be larger numbers that slip on through. It's unfair— for the Terraduet as Cloud tilts his gaze to Shadow with a trace smirk. ]
Almost like it's proving your point.
[ They're not failing. It's either going right back through that portal? Or getting ground to dust between these two. ]