[She smiles at him in an attempt to ease his discomfort but it doesn't reach her eyes. The tone of his voice says everything. She wants to talk to her brother about this, and maybe her mom. How much do they know? She's been afraid to ask.]
No, it's okay, it would be silly to assume you'd remember me if I didn't remember you.
[Aerith hums softly. How can she even explain what happened?]
I don't remember everything, and I was only there until I was 7 so...the records might be right, besides me and my brother.
[She's glad that they're walking because it eases some of the tension in her body as she talks about her past.]
My mom...my birth mom...she must have been through a lot of testing because I remember her being gone a lot.
['I was alone' she thinks. However, in spite of everything, she's trying to leave her feelings out of this conversation. Shinji doesn't need that additional burden.]
I don't know much about my dad, he died when I was really young. I think he was a scientist? He...probably worked at NERV...
[Aerith's expression is closed off for a moment. It's an unsettling thought, so she has to pause to collect herself before she continues.]
Anyway, when I was 7 my mom helped me and my brother escape. She...didn't make it though. Sephiroth was 12 at the time so he kept us safe until we got to Elmyra.
[She smiles again, this time it's more genuine.]
Like I said, I don't remember everything I went through either. Some of it is...starting to come back...but, I guess I'm pretty lucky...Elmyra isn't my birth mom, and Sephiroth isn't really my brother, but they were both there for me after NERV. It seems like that's the best case scenario.
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Date: 2021-06-12 08:14 pm (UTC)No, it's okay, it would be silly to assume you'd remember me if I didn't remember you.
[Aerith hums softly. How can she even explain what happened?]
I don't remember everything, and I was only there until I was 7 so...the records might be right, besides me and my brother.
[She's glad that they're walking because it eases some of the tension in her body as she talks about her past.]
My mom...my birth mom...she must have been through a lot of testing because I remember her being gone a lot.
['I was alone' she thinks. However, in spite of everything, she's trying to leave her feelings out of this conversation. Shinji doesn't need that additional burden.]
I don't know much about my dad, he died when I was really young. I think he was a scientist? He...probably worked at NERV...
[Aerith's expression is closed off for a moment. It's an unsettling thought, so she has to pause to collect herself before she continues.]
Anyway, when I was 7 my mom helped me and my brother escape. She...didn't make it though. Sephiroth was 12 at the time so he kept us safe until we got to Elmyra.
[She smiles again, this time it's more genuine.]
Like I said, I don't remember everything I went through either. Some of it is...starting to come back...but, I guess I'm pretty lucky...Elmyra isn't my birth mom, and Sephiroth isn't really my brother, but they were both there for me after NERV. It seems like that's the best case scenario.