Do you know what caused her to come back? [if she went quiet, that must mean something worked before. maybe she's just a little hopeful.] Unless it was just time.
[she should give her some space and not press, but...she also thinks laudna will tell her outright if she doesn't want to talk about this. there's no reason to not try to understand.]
We're trying to stop a man who wants to unleash a force that will devour all of the gods. Delilah is herself devoted to a god. [a very evil one, but that doesn't matter for these purposes.] We think the force he unleashes is likely to do more damage than only that.
But what's important is that she needs us to succeed.
Sounds familiar. [in that she's getting tired of finding out how many people have little evil men who want to destroy the world.] Seems like she really doesn't have a choice then. But...maybe that could be used to your advantage someday. Like if you help her stop this force, she'll find a way to let you go. I don't know if it works like that, but...it's the least she could offer you.
I don't think I can blame you. When you're so used to it, and for something like that to change...it can be a little frightening to think about going back to it. Or for it to happen again without warning. [maybe laudna isn't afraid of this, but aerith is thinking if she were in her shoes she might be scared someone like that would reappear when a monster possession happened.]
Have you thought about if that promised wish would help? The one you get from finding your partner.
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remembering this makes her feel a lot of guilt.]
...I suppose it is.
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But...there must be a way to separate you. You're your own person. No matter what she says.
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[...]
They did defeat her here, and she was quiet, for a time. But she came back.
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...I did. I made a mistake.
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What do you mean by that?
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It fed her... it gave her the power to return again.
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We can't always help how we feel. [first and foremost.] But that sounds like it'd be scary, being in that moment and having that happen again.
...if you were able to beat her once...it has to be possible again, right?
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[she'll admit that.]
But I think I must live with it. We have someone to stop as well, and she... at the least, she wants to help.
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She'll cooperate with you long enough to achieve what you need to do to stop things? Who are you trying to stop?
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But what's important is that she needs us to succeed.
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[she sounds uncertain.]
She's very clever. Even if I think I'm not following her wishes, I often am.
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Does that scare you? [...] Is she here now?
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...She's not here. But it makes me a little nervous to think about.
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Have you thought about if that promised wish would help? The one you get from finding your partner.
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[but enough people have asked her this that she's considering it.]
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Imogen? [she knows that was someone from her memory, but the question is more like gentle prompting for an elaboration of what she means.]