[She gives Aerith's shoulders another squeeze before letting her hands fall back to her sides.]

It has, yeah...

[Though, how long it's been, Tifa hadn't quite stopped to think about long enough to realize until now, so there's just a touch of whimsical surprise in her voice when she admits—]

About a year.

[Well, since she's seen that Aerith... but this Aerith...]

Over two years since I've been back home, though.

[Has it really been that long? That long since she stepped foot on the sands of Gaia? Since she stood where the air was thick with mako? Where she and the others fought Sephiroth and... whatever that other thing was?]

So much has happened, it's hard to keep track.