I don't know. The prospect of having my life tethered to another person is not all that appealing, really... Nor do I think they'd wish to be tethered to mine.
[well. she can understand the first part because yeah, she's a little leery about being potentially tied to someone else and not knowing for a while either and the consequences that come with that knowledge. more important though is the reverse situation.]
Is there a particular reason you think so? [i.e. does she just think people don't want to be tied to people in general, or is it more she thinks people don't want to be tied to her specifically?]
[her expression shifts into something a little more understanding, and also a little curious. she hadn't wanted to assume that perhaps this woman was currently dead, but you know. and something about how she says it kind of makes aerith go quiet for a second as she decides how she feels about that.]
I don't know about that. It sort of feels like we're all even now. [...] Do you feel alive right now?
[the outright confirmation doesn't surprise her, but it is nice to have.]
...you're here. Think that makes you about the same as everyone else anyway. [even if laudna does not feel alive, she is present and here and that's most of what aerith thinks matters.] And it sort of seems like the people who brought us here didn't think it would matter that much if someone was dead or alive when they bound us to another person. I don't think it makes your chances any worse than anyone else's.
...Quite. Well. At the moment, our friend Seth was going to take us on a shopping trip. But overall, it was very time sensitive, yes. World ending very shortly, really.
Us too. [she may as well admit that because, haha, it is something she is a bit worried about and will continue to worry about in private while forcefully beliving they will figure things out on time before the planet blows up.] Our pilot was just finishing some repairs on his plane, but after that we were about to take off again. It's a little scary to think how far they might be by now.
So still long enough to probably not abandon you just because. [thank you that was her point.] ...it's like that for us, too. Some of us have only been together for a short time, but there are some who knew each other for years.
I know they said we only have a little while that we can stall here, but...I think we can find a way to get out sooner. Then we don't have to keep anyone waiting and they won't have more reasons to worry about us being gone.
I don't know. If they've found a way to disrupt it, maybe we have to get to wherever the rest of the cultists are. The source of the disruption must be there.
And with the fog right now, our chances of getting there aren't very high. I wouldn't say they're impossible, but for now they've really boxed us in. [and she's not too happy about it. nevertheless...] Could be that whatever powers we get might be able to help us there though. Even if we're matched with someone else, that's twenty individual abilities we can try to work with.
I don't think there's anything wrong with feeling that way. [aerith herself feels that way, she's just not saying so.] ...but the good part is we don't have to match right away. There's time to think it over and make a decision as we learn more about this place. Maybe people who want a partner now will change their minds later or even the other way around.
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Is there a particular reason you think so? [i.e. does she just think people don't want to be tied to people in general, or is it more she thinks people don't want to be tied to her specifically?]
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I don't know about that. It sort of feels like we're all even now. [...] Do you feel alive right now?
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[she's fine admitting that. it's just a fact about herself.]
But I'm still moving around. I'm here.
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...you're here. Think that makes you about the same as everyone else anyway. [even if laudna does not feel alive, she is present and here and that's most of what aerith thinks matters.] And it sort of seems like the people who brought us here didn't think it would matter that much if someone was dead or alive when they bound us to another person. I don't think it makes your chances any worse than anyone else's.
[unfortunately they are all free game here.]
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[she's a little uncomfortable about it, even still.]
I still have things I need to do, living or not. That's what's important.
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Were you in the middle of something kinda time-sensitive, too?
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[both her friends and the problems themselves.]
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[what a rude bitch.]
Or maybe they left without me. Who can say.
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If they noticed you were gone, why wouldn't they wait or try to find you?
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[or maybe she's just making up problems to fuss about.]
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How long were you with the people you were traveling with? [she assumes it's traveling of some kind since she said teleportation, really.]
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[she hopes not. but she feels a little worried.]
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I want to get out sooner. But we need the magic to work for that.
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Do you have any ideas of what might work? Or what we should be aiming for?
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