Listening to Tseng without butting in, Reno could see the stress in the man and that sombre look in his eyes was something he didn't like at all. So, it was time to step up into his Second position and take care of the First. Simple enough. He knew how Tseng worked better than anyone else. He could often predict things Tseng would say or do, but he never pretended to know how his mind worked. Tseng's mind was definitely one place he didn't want to look in.

"Yeah... it's a real bad hand we got dealt but we can manage it." He made a point of the word 'we'. It wasn't just Tseng who had to worry, since he was Tseng's Second and would back him the whole way. "Treno's a heck of a place though, and sure the rest of Gaia ain't exactly home but we can build ShinRa back up from the ground. We can do it the right way, this time."

Sighing noisily, Reno kept his arm around Tseng, giving him a friendly and affectionate squeeze. "Elena's good with making stuff and Rude's got weapons covered... well, bombs at least. We could have a meeting later, if you want, and talk it all out."