[ His response is a surprise, and it draws out a little huff-like laugh, in spite of the situation. ]
Well, if that's how it's gotta be... [ How could she have forgotten about him? About everyone in Etraya that she's met across these months? It clutches at her heart, painful and tragic, and she feels now, more than ever before, the conviction to prevent that in the future. To be able to remember. Somehow. ]
Yeah. It was like I'd never been gone. Just like coming back here. [ Except, on Gaia, her memories of Etraya are gone. ...As compared with being back here, where all her memories from home - including the new ones - are in tact. ] But, I guess you're right: at least I have some time to think.
[ Assumedly. Because now that she's gone back once, there's a little fear in the corner of her mind that she could return at any moment, never to see Etraya and its people again... ]
Thanks, Fabian. I know you mean that, and it-...it helps a lot. [ Aerith shifts where she sits, looking down at her hands in her lap for a moment before lifting her head to look at him, smiling faintly. ] ...I've been lucky, huh? To make so many great friends during my time here.
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Well, if that's how it's gotta be... [ How could she have forgotten about him? About everyone in Etraya that she's met across these months? It clutches at her heart, painful and tragic, and she feels now, more than ever before, the conviction to prevent that in the future. To be able to remember. Somehow. ]
Yeah. It was like I'd never been gone. Just like coming back here. [ Except, on Gaia, her memories of Etraya are gone. ...As compared with being back here, where all her memories from home - including the new ones - are in tact. ] But, I guess you're right: at least I have some time to think.
[ Assumedly. Because now that she's gone back once, there's a little fear in the corner of her mind that she could return at any moment, never to see Etraya and its people again... ]
Thanks, Fabian. I know you mean that, and it-...it helps a lot. [ Aerith shifts where she sits, looking down at her hands in her lap for a moment before lifting her head to look at him, smiling faintly. ] ...I've been lucky, huh? To make so many great friends during my time here.