Normally I'd at least tell you to get to a bed before doing this, but after the last couple of days who am I to scold you? [she's joking, but she does crouch so she's more on his level.]
Seriously. A week's vacation. [not that she thinks that'll change his stance on that, but the point stands. she offers a sheepish grin though.]
On our last night, I'd be willing to talk to you about anything at all as long as I got a little of your time. [which is really why she's actually okay being direct with her answer to his question for once instead of dodging it for twenty years, and there's a flicker of something like nervous energy from her.]
There's still the chance it doesn't actually work, but even besides that. I'm not sure what that's going to look like for the timeline, especially when it might've already splintered on its own. [...] And in general it's a big change going from thinking it was over to thinking I'll be back again, no matter how much I want that.
Anything new that has variables you can't control will inspire trepidation. I suppose I can't blame you for it. But my next question is if you think what you have to gain is bigger than your uncertainty.
The good news is he kind of approached the topic first, so...it was easier to confirm the truth. The bad news is I'm pretty sure he still blames himself now that he knows.
I think two months of this and seeing me die repeatedly probably helped with that. [vaguely annoyed because goddamn. why.] But we talked and neither of us know why things turned out this way. And Zack's still out there somewhere which is a whole other level of trying to understand what happened to our timeline, but...[she shrugs.
and speaking of timelines.]
...are the three of you going back to your own separate times? [lucas told her a little, but she's not sure the stance of the others.]
Would you like a memory backup to be taken just in case? For either of you.
[ yuffie? well idk scien doesn't think about yuffie unless prompted
but, ]
We are. It's too inconvenient when we're all alive in each other's timelines, and can't abandon our own for respective reasons. I have my own Lucas to look after, as much as I want to keep looking after this one.
But I'm sending a memory backup with him, so that he can still be with a me that remembers everything.
...with the way things are going, maybe that isn't such a bad idea. Just in case. [maybe sephiroth is gone (???) but there are still so many problems to deal with.
more importantly she listens to what he says about the virches and she nods slowly.]
I understand. With where things left off for all three of you I guess it would be harder. [truthfully she wasn't sure about mathis given how he had asked about timing but this still makes sense.] I hope being with a backup of you will help him then. I'm a little worried about what he still has to face, but...you know more than I do the progress he's made. I want him to keep going.
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Normally I'd at least tell you to get to a bed before doing this, but after the last couple of days who am I to scold you? [she's joking, but she does crouch so she's more on his level.]
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I'm not picky.
I'm also not used to sleeping in beds.
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By choice? Or because you work yourself into exhaustion you just stop caring and fall asleep wherever you are?
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[ shakes head ]
On our last night, do you wish to speak of my sleeping habits?
Have you decided how to move forward, Aerith?
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On our last night, I'd be willing to talk to you about anything at all as long as I got a little of your time. [which is really why she's actually okay being direct with her answer to his question for once instead of dodging it for twenty years, and there's a flicker of something like nervous energy from her.]
...if what Yuffie said is true, I'm going home.
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... you're... nervous.
[ he thinks that this is what that emotion is. it's hard for him to place because he doesn't feel it himself ever ]
Why?
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There's still the chance it doesn't actually work, but even besides that. I'm not sure what that's going to look like for the timeline, especially when it might've already splintered on its own. [...] And in general it's a big change going from thinking it was over to thinking I'll be back again, no matter how much I want that.
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[ so he'll confirm that first but, ]
Anything new that has variables you can't control will inspire trepidation. I suppose I can't blame you for it. But my next question is if you think what you have to gain is bigger than your uncertainty.
If it is, you can let that ease you.
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I told Cloud a few days ago.
[it's not exactly an answer, but at the same time it is because the answer is "my friends and their safety is bigger than my uncertainty."]
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How did he take it?
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[ so that's good ]
The rest... well. His emotions can be handled as long as his mind is working within the same scope of reality.
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and speaking of timelines.]
...are the three of you going back to your own separate times? [lucas told her a little, but she's not sure the stance of the others.]
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Would you like a memory backup to be taken just in case? For either of you.
[ yuffie? well idk scien doesn't think about yuffie unless prompted
but, ]
We are. It's too inconvenient when we're all alive in each other's timelines, and can't abandon our own for respective reasons. I have my own Lucas to look after, as much as I want to keep looking after this one.
But I'm sending a memory backup with him, so that he can still be with a me that remembers everything.
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...with the way things are going, maybe that isn't such a bad idea. Just in case. [maybe sephiroth is gone (???) but there are still so many problems to deal with.
more importantly she listens to what he says about the virches and she nods slowly.]
I understand. With where things left off for all three of you I guess it would be harder. [truthfully she wasn't sure about mathis given how he had asked about timing but this still makes sense.] I hope being with a backup of you will help him then. I'm a little worried about what he still has to face, but...you know more than I do the progress he's made. I want him to keep going.