Cid could get along with the rest of the party if he had to, but sometimes, they got annoying. Barret was loud and brash, Yuffie was... loud and annoying,  Vincent was dark and moody, Tifa was distracting.

But Cid really hated nights when Nanaki was in the party. Mostly because the talking mountain lion had a small problem at nights.

"Um, Cid... can I borrow your lighter again?"

The pilot sighed, and produced the lighter in question.

"One of these days I'm just going to set fire to the rest of you. Why do you run around with your tail on fire anyway?"

Nanaki shrugged.

"It's just what my people do. We keep a flame burning on the ends of our tails."

"And it doesn't hurt? It can't even light other things, why do you need real fire to relight it?"

Cid knew the flame on his tail was not a true flame. Frequent attempts to light cigarettes on them, and the fact that Yuffie seemed to like grabbing (and extinguishing) it to taunt Nanaki were evidence that whatever it really was, it wasn't a true flame.

Nanaki shrugged again. Cid sighed, lit the tail, and tried to go back to sleep...

"Ha! Got your tail!" A voice cried.

Cid groaned.

"Damn it Yuffie, I just relit that..."