Rude looked behind him, scandalized, then at Reno. Since when did he crack one open in public? Reno was the one who was infamous for being charmingly crass - Rude kept his fouler side for drunken Turk outings and for moments of extreme boredom. "Wasn't me!" Rude interjected, almost a bit too defensively for his liking. Thankfully it directed the conversation away from his vested interest ... oh who was he kidding? It was a full-blown crush now - on Tifa Lockheart.

His attention directed to Cid, he raised a brow at both the man and Reno. "Aibou ... I think he's tryin' to tell us somethin'." Unless the old man had finally cracked and was tryin' to fly without onna his airships, someone wavin' like that usually meant something that needed to be addressed. Pronto.