Why--? [ False start, for the second time in almost as few minutes- pretty unusual for her, considering she generally just says whatever is on her mind. Here, she's at once annoyed and... she doesn't even know. Subconsciously, she probably realizes Aerith's a lot like her in that she doesn't want people to worry, and she can definitely understand that, but at the same time...
Ironically, this serious ex-soldier who's personally knocked down more people than she can count is still sort of trying to get over the concept of people attacking each other with intent to kill in the first place- the idea that anyone would want to kill Aerith. People from Cocoon just don't do that, and in her personal experiences she doesn't really know of any situations that quite match up.
And that's not even getting into how weird it would be to not just be from different times but have someone's death standing in the way too. Lightning thought she was prepared here, but apparently... not really. ]
... I'm sorry. [ A touch belated, but it's not pitying or upset despite the sincerity. It's not until she shifts her weight thoughtfully and puts a hand to her chest before she looks away, muttering almost entirely to herself. ] Just what makes them think they have the right to mess around with something like that anyway?
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Why--? [ False start, for the second time in almost as few minutes- pretty unusual for her, considering she generally just says whatever is on her mind. Here, she's at once annoyed and... she doesn't even know. Subconsciously, she probably realizes Aerith's a lot like her in that she doesn't want people to worry, and she can definitely understand that, but at the same time...
Ironically, this serious ex-soldier who's personally knocked down more people than she can count is still sort of trying to get over the concept of people attacking each other with intent to kill in the first place- the idea that anyone would want to kill Aerith. People from Cocoon just don't do that, and in her personal experiences she doesn't really know of any situations that quite match up.
And that's not even getting into how weird it would be to not just be from different times but have someone's death standing in the way too. Lightning thought she was prepared here, but apparently... not really. ]
... I'm sorry. [ A touch belated, but it's not pitying or upset despite the sincerity. It's not until she shifts her weight thoughtfully and puts a hand to her chest before she looks away, muttering almost entirely to herself. ] Just what makes them think they have the right to mess around with something like that anyway?