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[ Aerith is in her garden tending to leaves when a few of them fall down. Memories. Well, she kinda expected it'd happen to her eventually too. So, she's not...entirely surprised. Still...the memories distract her enough to get caught up in the garden and her thoughts. ]

Bodyguard hiring is in session.

Hojo is a psycho. He's gross, disgusting, and a terrible person. Talks about dissecting her mother and just being generally creepy.

Aerith in a dress and Cloud is a loser.

Childhood captivity with Shinra. Content warning: attempted murder of a child.

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You should. Everyone does. I'm still kinda mad he just escaped but there were a lot more important things for us to do than try and track him down. [ Unfortunately. If there hadn't then she might have advocated for trying to find him! ] At least he's lost all his power now. So, hopefully nobody else has to go through something like that.

Mm… I shall certainly hope he doesn’t regain any of that power and that you don’t have to worry about him appearing to start things again, then.

[ Because, uh… Llewellyn and his colleagues have a lot of experience with people who get away but then show up to start trouble again later on. Even people who were supposed to be dead! So the detective rather hoped that wouldn’t be the case for poor Aerith and her friends. ]

I don't think we'll be back there for a long time so I also hope he won't come back. Since we won't be there to do anything if he does.

Oh- well, then I doubly hope that he doesn’t return to power again. You certainly have a lot to keep you busy back in your world, though.

I do. I don't even know where it'll go anymore. Not really. I used to...sort of have an idea. But, we left Midgar for now. The world is a lot bigger than I ever really even realized.

Not having an idea when you’re used to having some idea… That can be rather scary, can’t it? Leaving what one knows for the unknown always makes things seem so much larger, though I suppose even ending up in a place like this can show there was so much more than the worlds we knew out there.

[ She falls silent for a few seconds. ] Mmm, yeah. Sometimes I thought about leaving, but I just couldn't imagine being away from the big steel skies of Midgard. The sky seems endless now that we've left. It's pretty daunting to think about. [ Terrifying really, but she won't readily admit hat. she's gotten close here. ] At least with this place I've gotten more and more used to it. When I first got here it was really a change though!

[ Llewellyn hummed a little. It was honestly something he’d never have been able to imagine before his time at the Sphere. ]

Having been in a place where the sky was hidden from view for a long time, I think I can see why it would be such a daunting sight to get used to upon going elsewhere. Arriving here and seeing it again was more of a relief to me, but also a bit of a shock to the system after not seeing it for what seemed like ages. [ He offered a small, awkward smile. ] But that is a good way of looking at it, that your time here has helped you to get used to it.

I've never been anywhere else, not that I remember anyway. And really, compared to the ShinRa building, it was amazing. [ She'd take steel skies with artificial lights over being held there. ] Makes me wish I could take this experience back with me. I'd probably be a lot less...overwhelmed. But, I guess, truthfully, there's a lot to be overwhelmed by with what we're off to do.

I’ve often thought it would be nice if the people who gain information or experience in these worlds could take it back with them when they return to their worlds. [ The idea had come up in the last world, and it seemed more frustrating for the people who would benefit from such things to know they wouldn’t be able to. ] One less thing to be overwhelmed by would still be one less thing. Can’t help but wonder if there’s not some way to change the way this all works, with the right knowledge. [ Not that he could say. So much of this was beyond his area of knowledge. ] Although… I suppose the knowledge that you’ve adapted to the sky here, means you likely will back in your world as well, hm? It’s uh- a small thing, but a starting point in the many things you have to do.

It would be nice if there was. But I guess, maybe that would change too much in our own worlds. Fate really likes things to go the way it's meant to and it'll do just about anything to keep it going that way. [ Said with the confidence of someone that's had quite a lot of experience with that. ]

That's very true though. I hope I will adapt there just as easily as I have here. I'd hate to end up being a burden on anyone I'm traveling with after all.

That could very well be the reason why… can’t help but think some things are worth changing, though. [ He smiled though as she continued. ] Mm… I think this is a good sign that you will. And… I have a hard time seeing you as ever being a burden, and I’m sure your companions would say the same.

I guess...you could say I agree since I kinda helped to destroy Fate. [ Not that she hadn't been kind of scared when they did that. But they'd done it! ]

Thank you. I try my best to be useful with the magic I have. I think I do pretty well even if it does sometimes take a bit to cast.

Think nothing of it, Aerith. Besides, you offer everyone more than magic, just by uh- being around. [ He smiled a little in an encouraging tone. Having been with Rhy for as long as he had, he was rather quick to point out that people had more strengths to them, regardless of their magic. ] And you’ve clearly accomplished a lot with everyone.

Now I have to thank you again!

You certainly don’t have to, but you’re welcome, Aerith.

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