Cloud was pleased when Kadaj did not throw a snide comment back at him but instead took the offered seat without any complaint at all. Usually Kadaj gave him the hairy eyeball trying to see if he was doing this all just to get a good backstab on the remnant. Maybe some of the things he had been insisting were starting to stick?

"I agree," he murmured, humming to himself. He debated mentioning Sephiroth, but he then thought better of it. Keep things slow and easy right now. "Edge was a nicer city anyway, in my opinion anyway. There was more to do there."

He shrugged and looked over at Kadaj. "I have never been accused of being an optimist, but I would never avoid you or anyone else that I know. I feel that I am strong enough to at least be able to maintain a conversation with everything that I know," he said conversationally. "Besides, I can hardly be a big brother if I never talk to you, right?"