[ She's not totally sure what she prefers yet. She hadn't exactly had a lot of time for shopping, or the extra cash for it, back in Midgar. Her outfits had been a mix of hand-me downs, thrifting, and things she could both work and train in.
She watches, a grin still on her face, as he crosses his leg and balances his cup. That's not an easy task. She's impressed, though maybe she shouldn't be surprised. He is SOLDIER. That usually means exceptional physical ability.
Mmm, right. She forgets the plate hadn't been completed all that long before she got there. The way everyone talked about it, it was like it had always been that way. Even if a lot of people in the slums remembered it from before. And it wasn't like they'd really fixed six. ]
So I came five years after you. Seven for me.
[ She sits back, face going -- not dark, just, pensive, in a way she often didn't feel comfortable showing at home. She swirls her cup around, bouncing her leg a little as she thinks.
She never really got to talk about this. It was too dangerous. If Shinra had found out she was from Nibelheim, that she'd seen Sephiroth lose it...Did it matter anymore though? ]
It was tough, yeah. I moved to the city because there was a big fire in my hometown. No one I knew survived, and I didn't have any family, and I was injured. Even after I got better, I had no money and I super wasn't used to city life. Total country girl. Pretty shy too.
[ She smiles, as much at the memory as at him. ]
Yeah. I missed the clean mountain air. This place isn't bad, at least.
For Roche
[ She's not totally sure what she prefers yet. She hadn't exactly had a lot of time for shopping, or the extra cash for it, back in Midgar. Her outfits had been a mix of hand-me downs, thrifting, and things she could both work and train in.
She watches, a grin still on her face, as he crosses his leg and balances his cup. That's not an easy task. She's impressed, though maybe she shouldn't be surprised. He is SOLDIER. That usually means exceptional physical ability.
Mmm, right. She forgets the plate hadn't been completed all that long before she got there. The way everyone talked about it, it was like it had always been that way. Even if a lot of people in the slums remembered it from before. And it wasn't like they'd really fixed six. ]
So I came five years after you. Seven for me.
[ She sits back, face going -- not dark, just, pensive, in a way she often didn't feel comfortable showing at home. She swirls her cup around, bouncing her leg a little as she thinks.
She never really got to talk about this. It was too dangerous. If Shinra had found out she was from Nibelheim, that she'd seen Sephiroth lose it...Did it matter anymore though? ]
It was tough, yeah. I moved to the city because there was a big fire in my hometown. No one I knew survived, and I didn't have any family, and I was injured. Even after I got better, I had no money and I super wasn't used to city life. Total country girl. Pretty shy too.
[ She smiles, as much at the memory as at him. ]
Yeah. I missed the clean mountain air. This place isn't bad, at least.