[wait until aerith meets cloud's new best friends: naruto and sora. she'll be so amazed.]

[he keeps walking despite her questions, though, wanting to keep her away from whatever danger sephiroth might pose even if he means no harm to them at all (how can one be so sure? cloud has his doubts). opening the front door, he forges a path, waiting for aerith outside.]

It wasn't by choice, but I figured staying would be the best way to keep an eye out on him. In case anything changes.

[poor cloud, the sacrifice to make sure sephiroth doesn't burn the place down.]

...he sounds all wrong. Making sense, and not knowing about anything, not when we met him at Destiny's Crossroads, either. It's strange.