[She wants to go on to say she can do anything, because she does seem to genuinely believe it, but his surprise in tandem with the sack of flour and suddenly having dustings of white here, there, and everywhere, provides a very worthy distraction. Why he's so surprised is interesting in and of itself, though she's had her own suspicions on the lines that connect the two together.
It's one of those things that Aerith has never really asked, whether that's because she's trying to be respectful, because she already knows, or simply because that's the way she is, is all up for debate. As ever seems to be the norm, it's left up for ambiguous interpretation.
She takes a moment to assess the situation in her own way, using opportunity to carefully lower her own sack of flour and she lifts her hands, trying to dust it off her face or shake it out of her hair, which only seems to exacerbate rather than help.]
Mhm! He showed up around the time that I did here, but as I said, we met back in Midgar. I haven't known him very long, though. He said he's Soldier First Class, so I figured you two knew each other. Sounds like I was right.
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It's one of those things that Aerith has never really asked, whether that's because she's trying to be respectful, because she already knows, or simply because that's the way she is, is all up for debate. As ever seems to be the norm, it's left up for ambiguous interpretation.
She takes a moment to assess the situation in her own way, using opportunity to carefully lower her own sack of flour and she lifts her hands, trying to dust it off her face or shake it out of her hair, which only seems to exacerbate rather than help.]
Mhm! He showed up around the time that I did here, but as I said, we met back in Midgar. I haven't known him very long, though. He said he's Soldier First Class, so I figured you two knew each other. Sounds like I was right.