[ If he's never laughed in front of Tifa, he doesn't know it - not that he could remember half as far back as her, if he tried. But it's not something he thinks on often, or has ever considered he does so little it might really shock her. The last time he laughed like this was only as far back as Midgar, by his count. While standing on top of a mountain of rubble ten steps ahead of a flower girl whose pet plants he'd just crushed not half an hour earlier than that.
He'll have to set a new standard after her misguided attempt to diagnose him, though.
For a split second, it looks like he might actually answer - then he's reeling off into a full-blown gale of real laughter, no longer stopped up on any hint of propriety. Yeah, maybe he is losing it; he's been terrified of that for longer than they've been on this crazy, hellbound ride that's supposed to end in saving the whole Planet (but might stop dead any old time), though.
Once he's managed to draw in a breath that doesn't immediately stutter into another choked up start, he shakes his head, waving her and all that undue concern off as he straightens up. ] Y-Yeah. I'm fine.
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He'll have to set a new standard after her misguided attempt to diagnose him, though.
For a split second, it looks like he might actually answer - then he's reeling off into a full-blown gale of real laughter, no longer stopped up on any hint of propriety. Yeah, maybe he is losing it; he's been terrified of that for longer than they've been on this crazy, hellbound ride that's supposed to end in saving the whole Planet (but might stop dead any old time), though.
Once he's managed to draw in a breath that doesn't immediately stutter into another choked up start, he shakes his head, waving her and all that undue concern off as he straightens up. ] Y-Yeah. I'm fine.