GIVEN CLOUD HAS SOME PULL WITHIN THE RANKS NOW it probably won't be TOO hard to leverage Cloud keep the sword (until he has the Buster Sword back, at any rate), the spiky-haired boy has proven himself.

IF MATOBA WANTS TO GET SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH by all means tag into his log, Cloud will talk about it and give his earnest thoughts - although his are similar to Aerith's - there's someone else in play, clearly. Just a bit more to work through.