[honestly i'd buy either from kanda, and it's not like aerith knows either. after so many weeks of this, it's always about believing it when you see it. she's an optimist through and through, someone who wants to believe everything will work out and the people they love won't have to keep suffering, but...time and time again she keeps being proven wrong.

still...]

It matters a little. Even if that's true, and even if someone has to stay...how does it help you to just ignore it? [she gets it. sometimes you have to fight back your own feelings to keep going, but she's not entirely sure kanda needs to do that right this second.]

They won't stay for long. We're still going to find a way to save them and bring all of us to one side. One way or another.