[She can feel his fingers tightening under hers, and that only makes her grip stronger. There's that brief urge to lace hers through his, to slide her hand into his palm and stop it from going any further, but she keeps still, removing it when Clover lifts her head to look at them both so that she can give a scratch behind the ears while she listens. It's more than just the words, but the inflection of his voice and the heaviness in it too, that helps to paint that dreadful picture of his childhood.
It isn't until she hears that change in his voice that she finally does act on that initial impulse. It may not bring much comfort, but at least he'll know that she's there with him when she slides her fingers through his. It's only for a moment, and she'll retreat not long after, but she gives his hand a light squeeze before she does.]
There's no such thing as a noble sacrifice.
[Not when all it is is killing people. There's always another way.
There's a weight to her words now, the gravity of it pressing down on her.
No wonder he had been so adamant about making sure that Clover would be comfortable. This... what he's doing now is noble, and she'd been silly to be embarrassed about it earlier. Being here with this animal who'd lost everything to see to it that she makes it through the night, everything else be damned, is what Tifa would call noble.]
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It isn't until she hears that change in his voice that she finally does act on that initial impulse. It may not bring much comfort, but at least he'll know that she's there with him when she slides her fingers through his. It's only for a moment, and she'll retreat not long after, but she gives his hand a light squeeze before she does.]
There's no such thing as a noble sacrifice.
[Not when all it is is killing people. There's always another way.
There's a weight to her words now, the gravity of it pressing down on her.
No wonder he had been so adamant about making sure that Clover would be comfortable. This... what he's doing now is noble, and she'd been silly to be embarrassed about it earlier. Being here with this animal who'd lost everything to see to it that she makes it through the night, everything else be damned, is what Tifa would call noble.]
You better get back at them... for what they did.