The girl seemed to have frozen into immobility and Cloud gave a half step back to allow her space to decide whether or not to trust him enough to answer. And to let the other guy coming up with *protect* practically flashing a neon sign above his head know he wasn't out to try anything.
He didn't need to be put through a table just because of a wrong impression this early in the evening. Tables hurt. "You know someplace she can go?"