Some people would prefer to be that way to avoid what they think is inevitable. [so. she's glad for that at least. she frowns a little at the mentions of the leeches because even if she's never going to have to deal with them, she's not really thrilled with the idea of them (and other things) potentially latching onto cloud and yuffie.]

We couldn't even open the boxes until we gave it a little of our own blood, so you might be right about that. [which...yay. there're blankets in most of the shelters from what she's noticed and she can't imagine it'll be too chilly here given the constantly burning fire anyway, so she can't disagree. may as well shred the robe.] Anything I can do to help? I know it's probably a one-person job, but...

[she likes to offer. especially since daan has a currently lightly injured hand.]