She won't talk too much more about her conversation with Angeal then. Except she does wryly, albeit sadly, respond to Sephiroth speaking about whether or not he belonged.
"After you were gone, I began thinking... maybe it wasn't such a great idea for each of you to act like brothers. At least not in public." It certainly made sense from a public perspective. And Gaia was honored that he trusted her enough to say the truth of it. She collects herself and attempts her usual standard of huff noises.
...Though as her fellow teen allows her to take his hand again, it may seem she falters a bit on taking a firm stance in her next words. She looks at him, hoping to meet Sephiroth's gaze.
He's often turning it away in her experience, not letting people look too long on it. But still, she tries.
"I think I understand what you're trying to say. I suspect... deep down, they didn't know what to do about it any more than you did. I'm not saying that absolves them of everything that may have gone wrong..."
They were the adults, right? They should have done better for the child Sephiroth once was. Even if it was just trying to talk things out more.
"Just that... from my perspective, it seemed a bit selfish of them too. That doesn't necessarily make them bad people. Just bad at doing what might have been better for the circumstances."
Gaia is certainly biased toward the younger Sephiroth. But it's also true that he's the younger Sephiroth being suddenly confronted with a future path that was established and comfortable with two people he'd not even had a chance to meet yet. And the teen was certainly not the type to talk about all the nuance and small details that had made him oh so happpy.
She had never been one to outwardly display an affinity for 'sappy details' anyway. Even if she would have been happy for them. Things like this are more her speed. Thoughtful talks, comparing notes. Doing things at a slow pace that builds comfort. But how her heart aches for Sephiroth's sake that everything he's experienced causes him to say this. He's not sure about friendship... being close to people he could lose or go away. That he's not strong enough or deserving.
Gaia has never felt that depth of fear. But... she knows of it, a little. The reluctance to get close to anyone.
"I know it hurts. And we're not... guaranteed to stick together." They've never had a say in it. It's a damned miracle they're here now and it's one she can't even be completely happy about. Because it feels like it's being used. If they had just needed a 'Gaia' or 'Sephiroth', they could have grabbed two from some timeline that hadn't met at all.
Gaia isn't going to be so naive as to think knowing that people can be literally separated by different worlds can still be family and friends. Because it's still pretty painful to be apart. And it definitely isn't like there's no way to communicate at all for Ryne and Thancred, or Gaia and others she's met from the Source.
"Well, there's no need for you be strong enough on your own, is there? Since I'm here," she says instead, with a fair pretense at her usual level of brusque and no-nonsense manner.
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"After you were gone, I began thinking... maybe it wasn't such a great idea for each of you to act like brothers. At least not in public." It certainly made sense from a public perspective. And Gaia was honored that he trusted her enough to say the truth of it. She collects herself and attempts her usual standard of huff noises.
...Though as her fellow teen allows her to take his hand again, it may seem she falters a bit on taking a firm stance in her next words. She looks at him, hoping to meet Sephiroth's gaze.
He's often turning it away in her experience, not letting people look too long on it. But still, she tries.
"I think I understand what you're trying to say. I suspect... deep down, they didn't know what to do about it any more than you did. I'm not saying that absolves them of everything that may have gone wrong..."
They were the adults, right? They should have done better for the child Sephiroth once was. Even if it was just trying to talk things out more.
"Just that... from my perspective, it seemed a bit selfish of them too. That doesn't necessarily make them bad people. Just bad at doing what might have been better for the circumstances."
Gaia is certainly biased toward the younger Sephiroth. But it's also true that he's the younger Sephiroth being suddenly confronted with a future path that was established and comfortable with two people he'd not even had a chance to meet yet. And the teen was certainly not the type to talk about all the nuance and small details that had made him oh so happpy.
She had never been one to outwardly display an affinity for 'sappy details' anyway. Even if she would have been happy for them. Things like this are more her speed. Thoughtful talks, comparing notes. Doing things at a slow pace that builds comfort. But how her heart aches for Sephiroth's sake that everything he's experienced causes him to say this. He's not sure about friendship... being close to people he could lose or go away. That he's not strong enough or deserving.
Gaia has never felt that depth of fear. But... she knows of it, a little. The reluctance to get close to anyone.
"I know it hurts. And we're not... guaranteed to stick together." They've never had a say in it. It's a damned miracle they're here now and it's one she can't even be completely happy about. Because it feels like it's being used. If they had just needed a 'Gaia' or 'Sephiroth', they could have grabbed two from some timeline that hadn't met at all.
Gaia isn't going to be so naive as to think knowing that people can be literally separated by different worlds can still be family and friends. Because it's still pretty painful to be apart. And it definitely isn't like there's no way to communicate at all for Ryne and Thancred, or Gaia and others she's met from the Source.
"Well, there's no need for you be strong enough on your own, is there? Since I'm here," she says instead, with a fair pretense at her usual level of brusque and no-nonsense manner.