[ Zack smiles, but it's a little bit sad, too. He misses Angeal and so many others.

Unlike Diarmuid, though, he doesn't like his hair being ruffled. It just reminds him of how quickly he had to grow up. ]

I think you would, if you met him. He'd probably like you, too.

[ He can't even discount the possibility that Angeal could turn up. After all, Zack can't deny that he was about to breathe his last breath before the faeries picked him up.

As for Leathann...well. ]

I already told Gilgamesh I can't pick it up and carry it on my shoulders. The earth-based magic I have isn't that powerful, besides.

[ A beat, then- ]

It'll take...a whole lot of something to manage a feat like that.