[ The phone is ringing. Pick up, husband. ]

C-Cid? Cid! There's something-- I heard--

[ Shera's breathing is shaken and she sounds slightly pained as she talks. ]

D-did Cloud hear it too?

Cid? I know you're making rounds, but do you think you could come back to our room for a little while...?

There's something I wanted to discuss with you.

[Shera, with all the patience of several saints, waits for Cloud to answer her call. Cid was supposed to do this, but the day Shera lets him handle delicate matters like telling an poor boy like Cloud that his boyfriend from SOLDIER and ex-psuedo girlfriend are both back from the dead, her entire crew will be able to quit their day jobs and take up ( Read more... )

[waits for Cid to pick up]

Captain? I'm finished refueling the ship, and I'm having the computer run all the standard diagnostics.

Are you ready to go yet?

Did you pick up everything I asked?