... What, an actually friendly greeting? Kadaj frowned minutely, trying to remember just how their last conversation had ended. He thought he knew, but his version of events didn't seem like it had been pleasant enough to justify Cloud being nice to him. He certainly wouldn't have told his big brother he'd "worried about him," but then again, he wasn't the black sheep of the family, was he?

Smiling a little more bemusedly now, he settled down on the spot indicated without really thinking about it and said, "I've been all right. Yesterday was boring, but I suppose any city that isn't Edge in chaos lacks a certain something, don't you? What about you? And why don't you think you have anyone worth avoiding? Are you really that optimistic?"