[ Jim squirms a little in Zell's arms before he settles. Before, this was one of the things he would've disappeared and worked through by himself, but lately he hasn't wanted to be on his own. Ever. He takes a deep breath, trying to work out how much to say, before it came spilling out: ]

He first got here before I even met up with Zack and Kunsel. We all ran into each other by chance up at the store one day and Zack asked me to come with them 'cause we all wanted to check out the wall. Cloud was ... really bad off. Something that happened back on his world. [ He wants to tell Zell what, but it's not his to tell. He knows that. ] But he couldn't walk on his own, could barely talk.