[Riley is the one who notices it first, of course: he's the sharper one between them now, especially when it comes to something like this. So Aidan's left to watch his friend as the vampire's words stop short, as he frowns, turns, and looks.
He follows that gaze, and it holds. It holds for dear life.
He's only aware of the fact that he's on his feet and moving towards her a millisecond after the fact. What he notices more is how his mouth has gone dry, how he's only too aware of how fast his heart is beating now, how a part of him is going all the way back to the past.
2012 at the Falner Estate, a little after Operation Nyx. Standing with her, talking to her, breaking away to let her say her goodbyes, walking with her to bring her one step closer to leaving everything - everything they have built, everything they have come to love together - behind.]
Setsuna.
[It is her name and it is also, in that moment, so much more than that. Rare could anyone see such open shock on the Voidseeker's face, along with only too many other emotions.]
You're... you're here.
[And he can see her, and he is really standing in front of her now, just a few steps away from being very close. When Hikaru had come back with news from Mexico, he had almost not wanted to believe that it had happened. And now...]
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He follows that gaze, and it holds. It holds for dear life.
He's only aware of the fact that he's on his feet and moving towards her a millisecond after the fact. What he notices more is how his mouth has gone dry, how he's only too aware of how fast his heart is beating now, how a part of him is going all the way back to the past.
2012 at the Falner Estate, a little after Operation Nyx. Standing with her, talking to her, breaking away to let her say her goodbyes, walking with her to bring her one step closer to leaving everything - everything they have built, everything they have come to love together - behind.]
Setsuna.
[It is her name and it is also, in that moment, so much more than that. Rare could anyone see such open shock on the Voidseeker's face, along with only too many other emotions.]
You're... you're here.
[And he can see her, and he is really standing in front of her now, just a few steps away from being very close. When Hikaru had come back with news from Mexico, he had almost not wanted to believe that it had happened. And now...]