"I see how it is." [he cast a side glance at the moogle, that turned into a semi glare, who he figured would look smug right about now if he could make that kind of facial expression.]

"Well, thanks, Chicken-wuss. I better go and have a talk with my new friend about keeping me in the dark. See ya around." [of course, next time he'd be up for annoying the little martial artist. Right now, the mood had been knocked out of him, metaphorically.

He walked off, the moogle trailing behind, who waved to Zell as they left.]