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[liveandforgive]

[when Jaune speaks up about Weiss, he listens while keeping in stride with the taller man. he's not surprised to hear his spirits lifted. seeing her again must have went well. this guy had a lot on his shoulders. he could tell by the way that he talked to her at the Dream Dock, to how fiercely he attempted to protect her when he first thought Cloud was the one who did her in.

to be honest... it made him wonder. how was he holding up? Cloud wasn't here for very long, but this world had its way of changing people. and something about the way that Jaune held Weiss... it almost felt like he was watching a past scene on repeat.]

Mm. [he can't help but softly sigh through his nose. he was looking for an opening to say something, and he was glad Jaune was the one to give him one. Cloud lightly smiles up at the man beside him.]

You did good, Jaune.

[aurabble]

[his shoulders tense and his posture slouches at the praise, as if to make himself smaller. it doesn't work very well. he's been so focused on the fact that they were lucky, that the timing worked well enough and that he wasn't too late to think about what he had done.]

I couldn't have done it alone.

[he means that. if Cloud hadn't been around to anchor him and talk him through it, instructing him on what to do, he's certain he wouldn't have been in the right frame of mind to pull through.

Cloud may have been right. Jaune had been in love with her once. he still loves her, just not the same way he had. Weiss had become his most trusted and dearest friend, family, and also the person to inspire him to become better despite everything. with all they had been through here, she still gave him a chance. she was the reason he had been able to keep going. and he couldn't lose her again, so for right now, he supposes he can be grateful.]

[liveandforgive]

[not that Cloud paid much mind to it, but it was admittedly difficult to get smaller than 5'7" when one was over six feet tall. there's something in the way that he talks... yes, there's no doubt in his mind now. Jaune was shades of himself all those years back. shackled by doubt but driven on by the strength of others as he searched for his own...

it takes one to know one. the two of them round the corner down the next hallway, the coffee room not so far from here as as he softly shakes his head. not to disagree, but,]

... maybe not at first.

[Cloud wasn't selling himself short in the situation as he awoke and tragedy nearly befell them. he knew what he did to help Jaune, to help Weiss for however little it counted or not. but his actions spoke for him, nor did he plan on boasting 'AND I HELPED!', the people that mattered knew, and the fact they could all keep moving forward was all that he cared about now. the blond's words are straightforward and true to the taller man. but only because it came from experience.]

Just take your time, but never stop trying. [a beat] Sometimes good things can happen.

[it didn't need to be said that the underlined like saving Weiss was the most fresh example.]

She's pretty lucky.

[to have people that she can count on, even if they may have had their doubts from time to time.]