[ Lightning just stares miserably, somehow managing to hang onto the boots despite the temptation to let her fingers go slack and simply allow the things to fall to the ground between them.
The funny thing is, she's just so used to not being able to react like this, to always having some sort of obligation that requires her to swallow her emotions and press on for the sake of someone else that...
... Geez, she doesn't even know if Aerith's boots would fit her, anyway. ]
I know that.
[ And she frowns as if actually pained; the fact that she'll see Hope again eventually isn't her main deal here... ]
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The funny thing is, she's just so used to not being able to react like this, to always having some sort of obligation that requires her to swallow her emotions and press on for the sake of someone else that...
... Geez, she doesn't even know if Aerith's boots would fit her, anyway. ]
I know that.
[ And she frowns as if actually pained; the fact that she'll see Hope again eventually isn't her main deal here... ]