( Founder. Jill -- who has handled a great many people coming back from the dead in her life -- flounders for a moment, staring back at him with wide eyes. There are things she wished she could have said, could have asked him in the years since he'd died, while clinging desperately onto the belief that they are doing the right thing. That every loss, every choice, would bring about the world the three of them fought for, or else she'd lose herself to the gnawing ice once more.
But if he's here, actually here in Abraxas, she'll have time to do all of that. And so will Clive, who, while he has long since grown past needing Cid's ghostly approval and guidance, still craves it. All of that tension, that fear and apprehension at seeing him again after all this time flows out of her, and when he appears she can only greet him with a smile.
That her eyes are wet is only to be expected. )
What am I doing here-- Cid, we've been here. In Abraxas, that is, for no small number of months now.
( And yes, they have their own business to finish at home -- or have already seen to it and know that their future back home is only death and the endless nothingness that comes with it. Jill still struggles with that fact, no matter how hard Clive might swear to return to her, that all three of them -- Clive, Joshua, and Dion -- only have a life here. And now Cid can join their ranks.
But for whatever it's worth, she will not let grief and sorrow overcome having them here, for however brief of a time it is. )
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But if he's here, actually here in Abraxas, she'll have time to do all of that. And so will Clive, who, while he has long since grown past needing Cid's ghostly approval and guidance, still craves it. All of that tension, that fear and apprehension at seeing him again after all this time flows out of her, and when he appears she can only greet him with a smile.
That her eyes are wet is only to be expected. )
What am I doing here-- Cid, we've been here. In Abraxas, that is, for no small number of months now.
( And yes, they have their own business to finish at home -- or have already seen to it and know that their future back home is only death and the endless nothingness that comes with it. Jill still struggles with that fact, no matter how hard Clive might swear to return to her, that all three of them -- Clive, Joshua, and Dion -- only have a life here. And now Cid can join their ranks.
But for whatever it's worth, she will not let grief and sorrow overcome having them here, for however brief of a time it is. )