Cloud's not a very social guy. Not for lack of trying, but he always gets tongue-tied or nervous. He's one of Shinra's scrawniest infantrymen, barely at the legal cutoff for joining the military. It's not like many others are expecting him to last long here. Maybe they're right.

But there's this one field medic who doesn't look at him so dismissively. Treats him kindly, treats him like he's not just a liability. Like there's a chance for him. Maybe he could sit with them at lunch today.