Know what, Cloud? I think you're right. They should give us a brochure to catch us up to speed!
[ Looks like they'll have to hit the ground running again, busting their asses to find the truth wedged into some kind of hole they'd have never found on their own. It's the same old story for a pair on the run, in the end. Aerith looks up at him, turning her head gently. The long brown braid of her hair slips over her shoulder as she squats onto the ground, knees hugged to her chest. A beat of silence punctures their conversation for a moment, lets the air out and there's a moment where she wonders if this is really all she's brought him out here for: To talk about the political landscape of a world they're stranded in. ]
The crime part... I don't know. I get this feeling... we're only at the first chapter. [ Slowly, her green gazes drifts down. It roves over to the flames dying down in the distance. ]
Would that it were that easy. Guess that just means we'll have to do it ourselves.
[ Take jobs. Make connections. Get information. Wash, rinse, repeat. It certainly fit their lifestyle, but he lets Aerith fall uncharacteristically silent as she squats on the hill. It's not like he's never seen her at her more melancholy... but it always takes him a bit off guard. ]
[ But then she opened up with the crime she was accused for. Which isn't something he was prepared to do... and he lets his shoulders sag a bit. A held breath escaping, as he sits down next to — not looking at her, not yet, but looking at towards the town as she looks down at the grass. Close enough they could brush against each other, shoulder to shoulder. But still giving enough of that distance that if she wanted to shy away, she could. ]
Abandonment, huh? Doesn't sound like you at all, if I'm being honest. Don't know if I've ever met a more stubborn person.
[ Despite the candidness, there is a hint of warmth to that tone. It's a compliment, to be sure. How many times had Aerith refused to even entertain the notion of an easier path when she could drag him along kicking and pouting? ]
But... let's say you're right. [ Because she's rarely wrong. ] The first chapter of... what, exactly? And how do our crimes play into that?
[ He feels like he's on the cusp of admitting his own crime, but he still doesn't know how to grapple with it. Abandonment sure didn't fit what he know of Aerith, and he couldn't think of why his crime was what it was. And above alll... he doesn't want this moment to be about him. Aerith's opening her heart, and he wants to be there and let her pour it out. ]
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Date: 2024-04-27 08:14 pm (UTC)[ Looks like they'll have to hit the ground running again, busting their asses to find the truth wedged into some kind of hole they'd have never found on their own. It's the same old story for a pair on the run, in the end. Aerith looks up at him, turning her head gently. The long brown braid of her hair slips over her shoulder as she squats onto the ground, knees hugged to her chest. A beat of silence punctures their conversation for a moment, lets the air out and there's a moment where she wonders if this is really all she's brought him out here for: To talk about the political landscape of a world they're stranded in. ]
The crime part... I don't know. I get this feeling... we're only at the first chapter. [ Slowly, her green gazes drifts down. It roves over to the flames dying down in the distance. ]
Mine said... "Abandonment."
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Date: 2024-04-28 05:49 am (UTC)[ Take jobs. Make connections. Get information. Wash, rinse, repeat. It certainly fit their lifestyle, but he lets Aerith fall uncharacteristically silent as she squats on the hill. It's not like he's never seen her at her more melancholy... but it always takes him a bit off guard. ]
[ But then she opened up with the crime she was accused for. Which isn't something he was prepared to do... and he lets his shoulders sag a bit. A held breath escaping, as he sits down next to — not looking at her, not yet, but looking at towards the town as she looks down at the grass. Close enough they could brush against each other, shoulder to shoulder. But still giving enough of that distance that if she wanted to shy away, she could. ]
Abandonment, huh? Doesn't sound like you at all, if I'm being honest. Don't know if I've ever met a more stubborn person.
[ Despite the candidness, there is a hint of warmth to that tone. It's a compliment, to be sure. How many times had Aerith refused to even entertain the notion of an easier path when she could drag him along kicking and pouting? ]
But... let's say you're right. [ Because she's rarely wrong. ] The first chapter of... what, exactly? And how do our crimes play into that?
[ He feels like he's on the cusp of admitting his own crime, but he still doesn't know how to grapple with it. Abandonment sure didn't fit what he know of Aerith, and he couldn't think of why his crime was what it was. And above alll... he doesn't want this moment to be about him. Aerith's opening her heart, and he wants to be there and let her pour it out. ]