[She smiles knowingly. That one is probably going to go back to Cloud's ears, paving the way towards a minutely stern talking to later on. Wouldn't be the first one, though.

She nods in agreement with Balthier's assessment. This guy is very observant, though admittedly she pretty willingly offered up most of that information, so it's not a difficult stretch.]

Hm... A protective charm is an interesting idea. I feel like he might not appreciate something like that, though. If he's a bodyguard and he's doing the protecting most of the time, he probably feels like he doesn't need one, right? But when one is always doing the guard, when do they ever get guarded?

[How thought-provoking. Aerith has likely thought about it before, but... Not to this extent.]