Rufus eyed Barret warningly on that, any traces of fear long gone and the expression of I-Am-Shin-Ra-President-Obey-Me back in place.
"I will take Cloud or yourself, but not her. Highwind is probably an equally bad idea. The man probably hasn't quite gotten over the fact that I was not about to waste good Shin-Ra gil on him and his little space travels."
Far be it from Rufus to admit that he had attempted to steal Cid's plane or that Shin-Ra hadn't exactly dealt with the pilot fairly. Most of that had been before his time as President, but there was a better than average chance he had his hand in those denials as Vice President.
"I have no idea if Elena is going or not tonight. I'll have to ask Reno. If she is, perhaps in the spirit of cooperation, I should trust you with her or Reno while one of you goes with me. That way, both sides are assured that there will be no betrayals."
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Rufus eyed Barret warningly on that, any traces of fear long gone and the expression of I-Am-Shin-Ra-President-Obey-Me back in place.
"I will take Cloud or yourself, but not her. Highwind is probably an equally bad idea. The man probably hasn't quite gotten over the fact that I was not about to waste good Shin-Ra gil on him and his little space travels."
Far be it from Rufus to admit that he had attempted to steal Cid's plane or that Shin-Ra hadn't exactly dealt with the pilot fairly. Most of that had been before his time as President, but there was a better than average chance he had his hand in those denials as Vice President.
"I have no idea if Elena is going or not tonight. I'll have to ask Reno. If she is, perhaps in the spirit of cooperation, I should trust you with her or Reno while one of you goes with me. That way, both sides are assured that there will be no betrayals."
Leave it to Rufus to take the paranoid angle.