𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉

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Agreed! A lot of things have changed for the better now~
The future's looking good!

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And you're a serious protector of that future.

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We all are!

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You really all are.

[Rinoa, he's really not. Please don't claim otherwise.]

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You know that without someone to drive the Garden, we're kind of stuck in one place, right?

[ Maybe he doesn't have a lot of faith in himself. Rinoa, on the other hand, has faith in everyone. ]

[skyward_eyes]

You do realize that 'we need a chauffeur' isn't really a good argument, right? Especially when it would take me less than a week to train someone?

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Okay, fine. But you still passed the SeeD exam, didn't you? There's lots of people who can't do that...

I dunno how I can explain it! I just... I believe you're important, even if you don't.

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Thanks, Rinoa. You're just really nice.

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That's my REAL superpower!

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I thought being able to shoot your dog off your arm was your super power.

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Nope! Angelo's just really, really smart.
I trained her, of course, but... I don't think every dog could do what she does!

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Not every dog would want to.

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True... she probably just listens to me because I'm kind to her~

Ah! But then that brings it back to what I said, right?

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Dogs are loyal for a reason, Rin. It isn’t that blind.

Which makes you special.

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Thank you, Nida... you're sweet. I'm glad I know you!

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Ditto, Rinoa. I always feel more accepted with you than I do with other SeeDs.

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[ There's a lot of reasons for that, Rinoa thinks, and they mainly stem from the fact that Nida doesn't seem to value himself the way the rest of them do. But he's put himself through the ringer enough today; she doesn't need to add to it. ]

Same! Maybe it's because we share a home?

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I suppose you lived as long in Timber as I have in memories of being there.

[Maybe Nida just wasn't taught to value himself.]

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[ Rinoa has a sudden, very belated realization, and pulls a face at herself in the mirror across from her bed. Sometimes, she thinks, she's so... so... ]

Is it weird? Me calling it home? I mean, I know I wasn't born there...

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You have more claim to it than I do. So no, not really.

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[ She wants to disagree, but she worries any words she offers will ring hollow. So she tries something different. ]

I know you don't want to go there, but maybe someday we can go and have a picnic in the forests outside? There are some lovely clearings! I think you'd like it.

[skyward_eyes]

I know one. If you don't mind a bit of overgrown ruin to go with your clearing.

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That sounds really cool! We should do it~

[skyward_eyes]

Talk Squall into giving me a long weekend, then. I need extra time when having to deal with trains and I'm not ordered to be okay the second I step off.

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I'll take care of it!!