Mm, exactly. Normally, I'd need my master to do maintenance to heal me, but I won't say no to a helping hand before I can see them again. We're very lucky to have you all taking care of us like this, and without any side effects like the springs, too.

[ he... can sympathize with those concerns, and frankly, iwatooshi doesn't think he has anything to say that would reassure her. nothing he's heard about altered timelines is optimistic, and that's part of why he takes his mission so seriously - but perhaps aerith's world is different. ]

The flow of time is a difficult thing to predict even when you're used to monitoring it. My master often struggles to see how things will work out if our enemies change things the way they want.

But your history is still being written, isn't it? Regardless of what fate has had planned for you.