[Cloud is pretty damn shy, actually. About a lot of things. That's why he needs stronger presences in his life, though he keeps losing them.

He glances down at the scars, looking grim.] He is...right now. That's why I don't him to go back.

[He lowers his shirt, so Joker doesn't have to see them anymore.] Something causes him to...break. If he doesn't know about it, that's...

[This is harder to get out than he thought. Time to look away again.] Everyone deserves happiness.