[Share. He wonders what that's supposed to imply, if it implies anything at all; does Aerith believe that he is keeping all of this training — these endless exercises to make him deadlier across the blood-soaked plains of a battlefield than he realizes — to himself? She words it as though it is something that he has agency enough over to share, when the reality is that he is constantly at the whims of those who would curate his schedule for him. The researchers, the military strategists, dredged up from the interior of the defense department. One of these people, from Shinra's vast catalog of them, has dictated that today, Sephiroth was to learn how to properly ride a chocobo at various velocities, in any number of (faux) environments. That she was not a part of this regimented purpose is no fault of his own.
As his chocobo nuzzles its head against Aerith's touch, eyes closed in warm comfort, he decides not to say that, either.
Because it, too, could be an incorrect assumption. Sephiroth shifts a little. Gloved fingers coil around the reins lightly, giving them a gentle tug, and the bird lifts its head.]
Love at first sight? I wonder.
[What, upset that I got invited to join the big boys' club? Perhaps he was far too assumptive from the start. She is given to roaming, yes, but even she knows where the lines of participation are drawn in the sand. What she can and cannot participate in.
An exception must have been made to the rule. Curious.]
The other might like you even more. Do you need help mounting it?
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As his chocobo nuzzles its head against Aerith's touch, eyes closed in warm comfort, he decides not to say that, either.
Because it, too, could be an incorrect assumption. Sephiroth shifts a little. Gloved fingers coil around the reins lightly, giving them a gentle tug, and the bird lifts its head.]
Love at first sight? I wonder.
[What, upset that I got invited to join the big boys' club? Perhaps he was far too assumptive from the start. She is given to roaming, yes, but even she knows where the lines of participation are drawn in the sand. What she can and cannot participate in.
An exception must have been made to the rule. Curious.]
The other might like you even more. Do you need help mounting it?
[It's very tall, and Aerith is not.]