[onward they goooo...but she's listening, wondering what "untouched" means in this case.]
It's almost too quiet, but it's a different kind than the village. [less spooky.] The one we visited not that long ago was a pretty popular tourist stop. There were all kinds of people and activities and shops everywhere. But outside of that I've never been to one. Maybe...a little untouched isn't so bad? [it might make it easier to find an answer they're looking for.]
My home could be considered something like a popular tourist stop, and while there's much about it to promote, I like getting away from the bright lights as much as I Like exploring cities and towns to experience the local culture.
[ sometimes, she just wants to commune with nature or see things that aren't manufactured to be commercialized. ]
What was your favorite thing about the beach town you visited?
[ probably not getting trapped in a glass bubble that robin doesn't know about. ]
[shakes robin's hand in communing with nature and getting away from capitalism cities. there's a little look like ":o?" as robin explains because it is, actually, something she can relate to.]
Sounds like a fun place to visit, but I can imagine it gets a little tiring to be there all the time. Especially if it's constantly crowded.
[she has to think about this though.]
...I think just getting to see the ocean for the first time. It's always different to experience these things for yourself, isn't it? Even the voyage there on the boat was something new. Before we started traveling, I'd never really left Midgar. There's so much to see still.
I left Penacony to travel, so I've been away from it more often than not these past few years.
[ although it was less because she was tired of it and more because she had a goal. ]
There's something renewing about traveling. You see how much you've yet to explore and learn and how vast everything is. Like a bird taking its first flight. Seeing everything for yourself is unparalleled.
That's exactly it. [it's phrased in a way that describes exactly how aerith feels, being able to leave her cage in the slums (her cage from shinra, really) and get out of town. cloud and the others had rescued her, and now there's something bigger than all of them. but in the meantime...it's a little exciting to see what else the world has to offer. even if she's not used to climbing mountains and even if the sky still takes some getting used to.]
Sometimes it doesn't even feel real. Like...maybe if I blink, I'll just come crashing back down to earth and I'll be right where I started. I don't want to wake up one day to find out none of it was true.
[ the words aerith says, the words she chooses strike a chord deep within robin that her eyes widen a little. it resonates enough that it makes her wish that aerith has more chances for happiness.
sorry to aerith, but is aerith ready for hoyoverse's metaphors and thematic questioning? ]
You wonder how much of your reality is a dream, and how much you can consider a dream realized reality.
If birds are destined to fall to the ground, why do they still insist on flying towards the sky?
anyway this is...a fair point. if you're destined for one thing, you would think to not try beyond that. but...that's exactly what they did, isn't it? they defied the destined path. and now they're out in the world, hunting down someone who wants to destroy their planet and doing their best to also monitor the ongoings of a company who also wants to hurt the planet so their own means.]
...my whole life has been spent knowing that who I am was someone who wasn't going to be considered normal. And every time before now that I tried to forget, or tried to live beyond that, something would happen and I'd be reminded that nothing would change. But recently things did change. Not so much about me, but around me. Even being who I am, I've found friends that I love who've loved me back, and I've gotten to see more out there than I ever thought I could. And...now we're here. I don't want this place to be one of those reminders. [the ones that send her crashing back down.]
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It's almost too quiet, but it's a different kind than the village. [less spooky.] The one we visited not that long ago was a pretty popular tourist stop. There were all kinds of people and activities and shops everywhere. But outside of that I've never been to one. Maybe...a little untouched isn't so bad? [it might make it easier to find an answer they're looking for.]
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[ sometimes, she just wants to commune with nature or see things that aren't manufactured to be commercialized. ]
What was your favorite thing about the beach town you visited?
[ probably not getting trapped in a glass bubble that robin doesn't know about. ]
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Sounds like a fun place to visit, but I can imagine it gets a little tiring to be there all the time. Especially if it's constantly crowded.
[she has to think about this though.]
...I think just getting to see the ocean for the first time. It's always different to experience these things for yourself, isn't it? Even the voyage there on the boat was something new. Before we started traveling, I'd never really left Midgar. There's so much to see still.
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[ although it was less because she was tired of it and more because she had a goal. ]
There's something renewing about traveling. You see how much you've yet to explore and learn and how vast everything is. Like a bird taking its first flight. Seeing everything for yourself is unparalleled.
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Sometimes it doesn't even feel real. Like...maybe if I blink, I'll just come crashing back down to earth and I'll be right where I started. I don't want to wake up one day to find out none of it was true.
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sorry to aerith, but is aerith ready for hoyoverse's metaphors and thematic questioning? ]
You wonder how much of your reality is a dream, and how much you can consider a dream realized reality.
If birds are destined to fall to the ground, why do they still insist on flying towards the sky?
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anyway this is...a fair point. if you're destined for one thing, you would think to not try beyond that. but...that's exactly what they did, isn't it? they defied the destined path. and now they're out in the world, hunting down someone who wants to destroy their planet and doing their best to also monitor the ongoings of a company who also wants to hurt the planet so their own means.]
...my whole life has been spent knowing that who I am was someone who wasn't going to be considered normal. And every time before now that I tried to forget, or tried to live beyond that, something would happen and I'd be reminded that nothing would change. But recently things did change. Not so much about me, but around me. Even being who I am, I've found friends that I love who've loved me back, and I've gotten to see more out there than I ever thought I could. And...now we're here. I don't want this place to be one of those reminders. [the ones that send her crashing back down.]