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[onegreatgospel]

Happy New Year!

Let's hope this year will be just as good (or better) than the last! I still haven't made my New Year's resolution, but I'll get around to that soon...

[ It is now obvious Aerith is holding something in her hand, and it appears to be an empty beer bottle. She knocks it thoughtfully against her thigh as she thinks. Thunk, thunk,

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[engage]

...

You're here too?

[onegreatgospel]

... Yes. May I help you, Rude?

[engage]

[a pause for thought]

There's no Shinra here, no Turks.

What about Avalanche?

[onegreatgospel]

[ Aerith pauses, and shakes her head. ]

No.

[engage]

... Alright.

Thank you.

[onegreatgospel]

[ Pauses, as if thinking. ]

Have you just gotten here, Rude?

[engage]

During the party, last night.

[onegreatgospel]

That's an entrance.

[engage]

[There's a second where she's remembering being cuddled on by Jenos after arriving; she shakes her head slightly]

No kidding.

[onegreatgospel]

[ Funny: Aerith notices the pause but ignores it. ]

Is there anyone else here?

[engage]

Someone calling himself Reno.

[onegreatgospel]

Is it?

[engage]

Sort of.

[onegreatgospel]

...

'Sort of'?

[engage]

They are differences.

[onegreatgospel]

But it's another Reno, all the same.