[ He keeps to his silence when she proceeds to explain. As of right now, Cloud is more intent on keeping her preoccupied. Something must have happened to her, either to seek him out or happening upon him by accident. Especially when she sighs before explaining the rules of the magi. The solution to preventing the secret from getting out? Kill the source of said leak! Who would have thought? ...okay, Cloud would have, but he wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Though...given everything that Marie's told him, the young swordsman can't help but frown. There's a lot of good to come from Chaldea's efforts. But the original sequence of Holy Grail Wars... The system in Fuyuki where it all began... He doesn't like it. And the more he hears from this girl, the more he can't help thinking that she was raised just to fight. Like fighting's all she knew.

Was...this place turning her on her head? He has to wonder. ]

Well it's a good thing that wouldn't happen here. [ He turns to her as they walk, closer to their destination. There's a small but confident smile on the taller man's face. ] We're all working together.

[ But on the topic of magic however... Just like how he introduced her to Materia when they first met, he may as well expand on that. ]

Magic's commonplace in my world. Though the less we use Materia or rely on mako energy, I bet it'll become like myths.