More and more as they go on, MarKus fighting for it and Yuffie... to him, no longer feeling the same flame... things aren't looking good for him.

"Yeah, sure..." It was something to do... rather than standing there in awkward silence.

But surely just reading it would make things more complex... And even if he tried to stay the optimist, his own words, 'The future isn't set in stone', will probably work against him...

...and so he just reads.