[ He makes the first move, stepping further inside, and she remains unmoving, stretching out restless fingers at her sides. It feels - wrong to stand by and let a Shinra (let alone the Shinra) enter when she'd had so many unwanted intrusions in the past, but Aerith does permit it, watching him like a hawk.
The question visibly catches her off guard: eyebrows lift in surprise, then scrunch up into confusion. There's a pause in which she turns over a few possibilities as to why he'd ask, before eventually she replies: ] ...Since close to when I first arrived. [ I kinda told him to keep away. ] Why?
[ Why would Rufus ask, why would he care? Something still largely shrouded in the unknown begins to twist in her stomach. ]
I didn't run into him in the labyrinth. [ She adds slowly. You're the only one from home I saw; lucky me. ] And...not after. Yet.
[ "Yet." Because, for some reason, she does feel compelled to suggest that she's planning on seeking him out. It's...been long enough that she's been able to work through some things, and-...well. She has her reasons. ]
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The question visibly catches her off guard: eyebrows lift in surprise, then scrunch up into confusion. There's a pause in which she turns over a few possibilities as to why he'd ask, before eventually she replies: ] ...Since close to when I first arrived. [ I kinda told him to keep away. ] Why?
[ Why would Rufus ask, why would he care? Something still largely shrouded in the unknown begins to twist in her stomach. ]
I didn't run into him in the labyrinth. [ She adds slowly. You're the only one from home I saw; lucky me. ] And...not after. Yet.
[ "Yet." Because, for some reason, she does feel compelled to suggest that she's planning on seeking him out. It's...been long enough that she's been able to work through some things, and-...well. She has her reasons. ]