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[sakurarisen]

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"You wouldn't ask, but if I let you go, I'd never be able to forgive myself either," Sera noted, propping her hands up on her hips. She'd grown a lot in the years they'd been apart, and she now had no issue with speaking her mind on such a thing; did he really think she would stand back and watch him walk away when it felt like he was in much the same boat as she? Escaping Shinra, avoiding their gaze, keeping to themselves... It almost made her want to laugh. If someone had told her five years ago she'd relate to the great war hero Sephiroth of all people like this-!

"There's abandoned homes at the edge of town," the blonde continued, finally willing herself to look away from her friend. "Shayan and I live out there... It's been... Easier, honestly. I don't trust Shinra to not come looking for him, and it keeps him far enough away from the residual mako in the area, he won't get sick just stepping outside. I'm sure... We can find a place around there for you to stay?" The original occupants had either moved out or been lost in the explosion, a reminder that quickly formed a rock in her throat. Shinra had been the root cause of so much harm... For all the good they'd done, the pain they'd inflicted set them back several steps, and she...

Her fingertips pressed into her hips, the only visual sign she'd give to the struggle she suddenly found herself locked in, attempting to keep the heartache under wraps. So much had happened she still didn't know how to deal with, and with the wall between herself and the pain as paper thin as it was... Wait.

Ever so slowly, Sera turned her gaze back up to him, surprise in her honey eyes as his words finally registered. "Avoiding Shinra... Did they... Did they hurt you, too...? Sephiroth... What did they do...?"