[she lets him have his moment of peace. if only because she thinks it's probably very overwhelming no matter what. so they sit in the quiet near the spring, and aerith watches him for a moment before her eyes drift back to the pool.]

...take some time to recover. I'm not going to ask you to talk about the things you aren't ready for, but I do want you to know if you ever decide to, I'll listen. Even if it's just to say you don't know how to stop thinking about it.