Rude listened, not surprisingly, without giving much in the way of reaction as Reno broke it down. It sounded pretty straightforward. The fact that there was no rhyme or reason for their ending up here was unsettling, sure, but it could have been a lot worse. At least it wasn't just him.

"Strife contacted me, too," he revealed. He'd keep quiet about Tifa for now, if only to avoid any ribbing from his red-haired companion. "I'm guessing his group doesn't have any answers either." Ah well. For now, they'd head back to base, as Reno put it. Rude would figure things out for himself from there. So long as Tseng and the President were around, though, he wouldn't worry.