[she lets him say his piece. and...she's both unsurprised and a little saddened to hear it, even if she understands why he'd say it. aerith is the kind of person who does try to see the good in people, or at least tries to write things off as "not so bad" save for a few specific individuals. even here, she's made peace (mostly) with the things have happened, because all of the killers have been afflicted and it's not their fault.

it's not in her nature to think most people can't be good to some degree.]

I know. [she says, because she's also not naive. some people are destined to be villains, or puppets playing right into someone else's hands. and yet...] Asa thinks I'm a little delusional for not waiting for something to go wrong, or for people to reveal they were never good all along. But maybe I just think most people have some capacity to be good and matter to people. There will always be people you can't reach no matter what, and people who are so driven on their path they don't care about the destruction they leave behind. But for everyone else...I try to believe anyway. Maybe it really is delusional.