[ Aerith's attention is so set on the enormity of everything that she hasn't stopped to take in the specifics. There's food, and there's drink, and there's so many people, and she recognizes these things in the collective whole, not really stopping to admire them for their individuality just yet.
It's strange, like an out of body experienceβkept in body only by the constant discomfort of this stupid dress.
In a way, then, she's glad when Rufus draws his attention to her by commenting on the spread of foods, because it gives her something on which to focus, even ifβ
Well. They've never exactly been friends, have they. ]
Rufus.
[ Her voice makes a statement of surprise, with no inherent positivity or negativity attached to it. On one hand, she's quite sure that any discussion between the two of them will never be anything but awkward, based on their shared history. But on the other... well. When it comes down to it, at least for now it doesn't matter where they are and what their relationship is back on Gaia, does it?
Right now, she's a fish out of water, and it sounds like he's offering help. ]
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It's strange, like an out of body experienceβkept in body only by the constant discomfort of this stupid dress.
In a way, then, she's glad when Rufus draws his attention to her by commenting on the spread of foods, because it gives her something on which to focus, even ifβ
Well. They've never exactly been friends, have they. ]
Rufus.
[ Her voice makes a statement of surprise, with no inherent positivity or negativity attached to it. On one hand, she's quite sure that any discussion between the two of them will never be anything but awkward, based on their shared history. But on the other... well. When it comes down to it, at least for now it doesn't matter where they are and what their relationship is back on Gaia, does it?
Right now, she's a fish out of water, and it sounds like he's offering help. ]
The fruit gelΓ©e?
[ Her head tilts, and she's about to ask "what's wrong with it?"βbut then he goes on, and her brows raise. Surely he's not implying... ]
I'm sorry, are you saying it's laced with something?