They'll need to worry about where Aerith is later, although she has a hunch that they'll be keeping her at the Shinra headquarters... somewhere. Cloud might know but... where is he? And Barret? The train of thought is immediately ground to a halt when more debris falls only a foot away from where Susato is standing and it, along with Susato's question, kicks Tifa's fight or flight into high gear.
She isn't sure why she feels the urgent, overwhelming need to protect this girl when everything else in her mind tells her to run, but she wraps an arm around Susato's shoulders and guides her away from the console just in time as a large piece of burning steel falls and crushes it.
Tifa pauses to squint through the heat.
...
There's a wire at the other end of the platform that looks like it will lead down and away from the plate, and so she grips Susato's hand tight in hers.]
Trust me, okay?
[Even if Tifa still isn't sure if she can trust Susato, there's something that flickers underneath the flames that are reflecting bright in the reds of her eyes... Something that Susato might recognize from the night in the cave.]
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They'll need to worry about where Aerith is later, although she has a hunch that they'll be keeping her at the Shinra headquarters... somewhere. Cloud might know but... where is he? And Barret? The train of thought is immediately ground to a halt when more debris falls only a foot away from where Susato is standing and it, along with Susato's question, kicks Tifa's fight or flight into high gear.
She isn't sure why she feels the urgent, overwhelming need to protect this girl when everything else in her mind tells her to run, but she wraps an arm around Susato's shoulders and guides her away from the console just in time as a large piece of burning steel falls and crushes it.
Tifa pauses to squint through the heat.
...
There's a wire at the other end of the platform that looks like it will lead down and away from the plate, and so she grips Susato's hand tight in hers.]
Trust me, okay?
[Even if Tifa still isn't sure if she can trust Susato, there's something that flickers underneath the flames that are reflecting bright in the reds of her eyes... Something that Susato might recognize from the night in the cave.]