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Tifa Lockhart ([personal profile] sonicstriker) wrote 2023-12-27 06:39 pm (UTC)

[ She squeezes her arms tighter, looking at her feet, mouth pressed together.

If it would help, she could have his hand.

How is this happening? How is she in this situation again, an ignorant little girl while everyone else knows what to do? How is she showing how vulnerable and needy she is when she's trying to be the one helping.

But. She doesn't want to be alone. At all. Not again. Not after having finally had people to depend on. Not after losing Biggs and Jessie and the bar and...

She makes an effort to relax her shoulders, look up and smile -- hollow as it feels -- but she does reach out to take his hand. She wishes she'd taken Cloud's or Aerith's the million times she'd wanted to. Now she might not ever be able to.

She can't think like that. But she's going to let herself have a little weakness right now. She squeezes P's hand, his fingers warm and real. She really wants a hug, but, that's weird to ask.
]

We don't have to hurt anyone. [ She's assuring herself as much as him. ] If we have to stun them, I can do it, okay?

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