Zack shrugged. "It's hard to be in the construction industry. I kept having to act like I needed machinery to move stuff around that I could have just picked up and thrown. That and be careful I didn't fall from anywhere high up. Don't think any of the locals would know what to do with me if I got up and walked away from a three-story drop, you know? The first person I ran into when I got here kept looking at me like I was nuts when I told her a few bullet holes weren't really a problem."
Susan had meant well, he knew, and he appreciated her concern and her help, but it felt good to finally be able to talk to someone who knew as well as he did a SOLDIER's abilities. Cloud wasn't likely to blow a gasket if he saw Zack take a header from a roof by accident and shake it off like it was nothing. At least, he hoped not.
"Monsters, huh? No. I haven't run into any. Didn't hear about any sightings, either. Why? Have you?"