[ Though it's hard to sound so jovial in the cold and dark and decidedly dead state of being which he currently finds himself, it's far from impossible, yet. In much the same way Tifa diverts any kind of concern for herself, he has always styled himself adept at assuaging the worries of others - and not least where he himself has been concerned, in the past.
When such things were, well, actually pertinent - to a measure.
A swift but still almost casual turn twists them out of the path of a blinding ray of green, swimming rapidly past out of the whispering, churning dark. It's been a long time since he's been the one doing the looking after (here it's mostly Aerith, who knows better how to keep herself together, who makes matters of the underworld effortless
who isn't here right now but won't have to be, because he can manage just fine, when he has to), but his penchant for taking care was always more innate than rehearsed. Small town loneliness combined with the ambition of the wannabe selfless, perhaps. There was a time when he'd gladly have marched out and met every last person on the planet, just to have done - and made a half million friends, in the process. ]
I'm flattered, really. There aren't many girls who'd go this far out of their way just to catch up. Actually not many guys, either.
http://i.imgur.com/20uEw.png :( even he knows...
[ Though it's hard to sound so jovial in the cold and dark and decidedly dead state of being which he currently finds himself, it's far from impossible, yet. In much the same way Tifa diverts any kind of concern for herself, he has always styled himself adept at assuaging the worries of others - and not least where he himself has been concerned, in the past.
When such things were, well, actually pertinent - to a measure.
A swift but still almost casual turn twists them out of the path of a blinding ray of green, swimming rapidly past out of the whispering, churning dark. It's been a long time since he's been the one doing the looking after (here it's mostly Aerith, who knows better how to keep herself together, who makes matters of the underworld effortless
who isn't here right now but won't have to be, because he can manage just fine, when he has to), but his penchant for taking care was always more innate than rehearsed. Small town loneliness combined with the ambition of the wannabe selfless, perhaps. There was a time when he'd gladly have marched out and met every last person on the planet, just to have done - and made a half million friends, in the process. ]
I'm flattered, really. There aren't many girls who'd go this far out of their way just to catch up. Actually not many guys, either.
...Well, except- You know the one.