[ After he falls into step beside her, Aerith reaches out and takes Zack's arm, resting her free hand on him as well, like some part of her thinks something might swoop down from a crack in the plate above and carry him off. She didn't expect getting what she wished for more to be quite so scary like he's a thousand times more precious after having returned in one piece.
And it is precious, all of it, down to the questions he asks and the memories they bring back.
Her eyes dart sideways, a little smile pulling at the corners of her mouth. ]
You did a great kip-up that day Zack!
[ She would almost be convincing too, if it wasn't for the way she follows the words up with a light laugh. ]
Well, I told her about how you were with SOLDIER, and how you wanted to help me fill Midgar with flowers. She was pretty impressed with the cart.
[ Less so with the years of waiting and pining that happened since, but they're not far from her house now, as evidenced by the sprigs of grass and stray blossoms growing in the odd patch along their path, growing denser as they approach the weirdly idyllic spot the Gainsborough house stood ]
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And it is precious, all of it, down to the questions he asks and the memories they bring back.
Her eyes dart sideways, a little smile pulling at the corners of her mouth. ]
You did a great kip-up that day Zack!
[ She would almost be convincing too, if it wasn't for the way she follows the words up with a light laugh. ]
Well, I told her about how you were with SOLDIER, and how you wanted to help me fill Midgar with flowers. She was pretty impressed with the cart.
[ Less so with the years of waiting and pining that happened since, but they're not far from her house now, as evidenced by the sprigs of grass and stray blossoms growing in the odd patch along their path, growing denser as they approach the weirdly idyllic spot the Gainsborough house stood ]