"It looked that way." Shoshosu blinks, tilts her head, settling back against him. Rather just...surprised by how well Cloud's taking it. Perhaps all along he'd been hoping for this? Hopefully that doesn't mean...

No, tell Cloud what she saw. "Zack...and Aerith's souls were used to make you...bits of them...though I'm not sure how. Zack-ack was dying, but wouldn't have Aerith been fine? She wasn't there, just a bit of her soul."