She would have smiled anyway, beamed in fact, still somewhere between utterly surprised by the dim memory and utterly ecstatic that it was actually hers, lost for so long and now found again. Cloud's smile though had her own going somehow softer and warmer to match the simplicity of the pure joy she felt. She didn't remember ever having seen him smile before but there was something inside that told her how rare and precious his smiles were. There was no way she wouldn't have smiled back in response to that even without the prompting of her own happiness bubbling up inside her.

"Hm." She agreed it with a nod, feeling lighter inside than she had in a long time. It was only one memory in a sea of darkness but - it was hers. She could follow it now. It made her want to dance. It made her want to hug herself and sit absolutely quiet to savor it. It made her want to share her happiness. "We're getting somewhere." She didn't even try to hold it back when she smiled up at him, quiet whisper of something almost laughing in her throat at his joke, lighthearted teasing back of her own but it didn't mean she didn't believe it as she agreed. "Looks like you're still saving me. Let's just keep doing that and I won't ask how, okay?"