Can't blame me for that considering our circumstances, can you?

[It's probably a cheap answer, he realizes. But he doesn't want to bring up everything else weighing on his mind; it seems so unfair to do it now, in a moment on vulnerability for Cloud.]

You're really quite protective, aren't you? ...But thank you. I'm... still not used to that, really.

[It means more than he is willing to say right now. How it makes him think a bit about Elise, and... why was that so different?]