That was a much larger response than Zack had been expecting, especially since Nanaki had been pretty mellow thus far. Or, not mellow, but quiet and kind of awkward. The way his shoulders tensed as he made a weird growling noise caused the soldier to straighten in his seat out of shock, but it didn't take him long to calm down again -- after all, that sort of reaction wasn't out of hand considering they were talking about Hojo.

Nanaki had to have dealt with the scientist personally. That was the only reason to react so strongly to just a name, even if Zack could relate completely. If anything, that made him more convinced.

"Tell me about it. At least here they let us walk around a little bit." They were still forced to go to the rooms that the nurses told them to go to, but they could stretch their legs and even get some fresh air. Zack wasn't saying it was paradise, but it was way better than the Shin-Ra mansion's basement.

"So, what did he put you through?" he asked with a tilt of his head as he popped another piece of sausage into his mouth. "If you don't mind me asking." Some people were okay with talking about it and some weren't. Zack wasn't exactly the sharing and caring type -- he'd give the facts, but he wasn't going to turn on the waterworks.