He almost pouted through their link when Cloud simply gave up the fight, but the ex-General managed to hold off doing just that. It seemed that his partner was not feeling competitive this day, but that was fine by him. A victory was a victory, he supposed.

Whatever other thoughts he may have had was abruptly cut short when that image came through their link. He would have narrowed his eyes had he been in human form, but instead, all he did was mutter, 'I could do far worse than that to you in reality.'