You’d sent along a message with Cissnei telling Cloud not to come anywhere near your room in Gongaga village. At first, he wondered if he did something to make you angry. Now he gets it: you have a fever as a result of mako poisoning from the reactor. Cloud doesn’t think that’s any reason to push him away, especially since he can take care of you himself.

Ignoring your protests as he approaches, Cloud sits down at the edge of your bed, peeling off his glove to put his hand on your too-warm forehead. “I have medicine,” he murmurs. Cissnei had given him some sort of mushroom powder for you since it was obvious he was going to ignore your warnings. He knows you only wanted to prevent him from maybe catching your symptoms, but still, if this is something he can do, he wants to do it. “Can you sit up?”