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Just wanted to let everyone know that Cloud's okay. He came home safe and is resting right now. Simon and Denzel, too.

Hey, uh, Tifa or Aerith, can I ask a favour of you guys?

Man, this place has been rough lately... I feel like we all need some kind of holiday. I'm baked.

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[wingenvy]

Well, it's not like you aren't worth the trip... and we'd still be together whether we stayed or left...

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

...hey, Zack?

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[wingenvy]

Yeah?

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

When you get back to Gaia, what do you think you'll do? [...she's not wanting to phrase it as a conditional.]

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[wingenvy]

[You're asking a hard question, honey.]

I... I don't know. I always wanted to get back to Midgar, but my only reason for going there was to see you. And Spike needs looking after, too.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[At least she was somewhat aware she'd be stepping into uncomfortable territory this time.]

Yeah, he does.

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[wingenvy]

[He's not sure what to think - how he feels, how she feels, any of it. Her last letter seemed pretty final, but he'd made her wait all that time, so...]

I think... I want to go home, first. Visit my folks. They don't even know what happened to me.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't know he knows about them meeting his parents, so she's just going to avoid that. She still wonders if she should have told them--but she hadn't wanted to face facts at the time, and--well, look, now he is alive so there wasn't any bad news to tell.]

It sounds like a plan. They'll be so happy to see you're all right.

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[wingenvy]

I hope so. I know it's been a really long time, and I kind of ran away to join SOLDIER in the first place. To be honest I was kinda surprised they wanted to see me again.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

You're still family. Some things don't change, even when you think they would.

--What do you think you'll do for a living? Help Cloud make deliveries?

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[wingenvy]

Yeah, I know better now. They're worried about me, so they must want me back, right?

Cloud mentioned wanting to open up an orphanage. I want to help him out with that.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

Really? I wonder how he's getting the gil for that...

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[wingenvy]

You should ask him. He told me he's pretty rich.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Cloud as a wealthy delivery boy--I never would've guessed it. But I haven't really known him that long yet.

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[wingenvy]

Well, you guys did kind of save the world, didn't you? Apparently there was a lot of money left over.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

We did have a little stash starting up...[Though she didn't think it was enough to be able to start an orphanage. Hmmm.] And I guess it must've built up over time.

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[wingenvy]

You should really ask him. I have no idea how much he's got stowed away.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

I'd feel like a gold-digger, asking something like that! Besides, I was just curious how you two would run it. I'm behind the times.

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[wingenvy]

Cloud knows you better than that, Aerith. I'm actually not too sure about the how, besides the money issue. He said he wanted to hire caretakers or something, since looking after a bunch of kids is a little much for just him. Plus he's got his own kids to take care of.

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

He's a family man now, hm.

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[wingenvy]

I guess that's one way to put it. He really loves those kids.