...thanks. [His tone is softer now.] Y'know, the reason Sephiroth thinks of this stuff is because he's...trying to make up for the way he treated me back then. It's like he's giving back the choices he took away from me. That's...part of why he gave me the black materia, too. It doesn't undo what I did, or what he did, but...it was a reversal I think we both needed. To be able to move past our history.
[What Yazoo told him lingers in his mind. It's not just that she saved his life - which she's done many times over - but she sent him back from the dead. It's just shy of unbelievable.]
There's just some stuff only Sephiroth can help with. Just like there's some stuff only you can, and Vincent...everybody. And I wanna help all of you, too.
Cloud, right now? That wasn't me. I haven't done shit.
[She failed to stop everything in time. Maybe she is capable of all of these things in the future- wonderful, impossible things- but that's a future her. Someone who saved the planet, who wrecked a city that had been her home, and just...let her friends suffer while she chilled in the Lifestream.]
But...yeah. If you want to help? You're always welcome to.
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I do trust you.
[She offered a soft sigh.]
I just...wish I thought of the ring. For you. It's a wonderful gift.
I know you're resilient. You can handle a lot.
I'm sorry Cloud. I'll...stop.
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[Her voice is soft.]
I'm glad he's given you things to help you. With...everything.
[And she is. And it's good to know. But she knows her words feel like they're...hollow, somehow.]
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[What Yazoo told him lingers in his mind. It's not just that she saved his life - which she's done many times over - but she sent him back from the dead. It's just shy of unbelievable.]
There's just some stuff only Sephiroth can help with. Just like there's some stuff only you can, and Vincent...everybody. And I wanna help all of you, too.
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[She failed to stop everything in time. Maybe she is capable of all of these things in the future- wonderful, impossible things- but that's a future her. Someone who saved the planet, who wrecked a city that had been her home, and just...let her friends suffer while she chilled in the Lifestream.]
But...yeah. If you want to help? You're always welcome to.
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[It's sincere, but also just slightly lighter in tone.]
But...I don't know how. What can I do? What do you need?
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[She blows out a breath.]
I'm not sure; I'm not people asking me what I want or need. Maybe I need to think about it?
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[There's a pause after Aerith's suggestion.]
...okay. But promise me you'll really think about it and you'll tell me when you come up with something.
[Instead of just conveniently shuffling it to the back of her mind because she never wants to take the time to help herself.]
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[If she did more harm than good. Maybe she's just having one of those days she's filled with doubts.]
I will really think of something Cloud. Promise.
[It just might take awhile. Some things she's not used to thinking about. She might also forget. She does tend to get busy.]
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