"That's possible. And my power, if that's what it was, was kind of passive. Not really used to fight or anything." Rinoa couldn't think of a way she'd use that in a fight, so all it did was make someone feel better. Which was nice, honestly, but not what she'd call helpful if they actually got attacked.
"Yeah, experimented on us. The bunker's some space away. I guess you have to walk really far, but there's a pod that takes you immediately but you have to swim in the cold water." She went the latter way since she and Squall didn't want to spend 7 hours walking back when she was so exhausted. "I can show you where the pod is? We can go, if you want. I'm not sure you want to go alone, it's possible someone will need help down there and it's good to have a second person in an emergency." Squall was down there alone and she still didn't know why, but probably searching for answers the same way Seifer did.
Rinoa was a very social person so people thought that meant she was good at making friends, but being trained to socialize at events wasn't the same thing as making lasting connections. She was a lonely child and a lonely young woman, and she was trying to make friends here too. So far so good. She loved everyone from the SeeD team, but they all had connections to each other. The orphanage, the Garden. She often felt like the one left out, although she didn't say as much out loud. They were all so kind and welcoming to her. And they came and rescued her.
Her head picked up to look at him and almost wished he hadn't noticed that particular word. "They can do things. Hunt, fight, engineer weapons, carpentry, be doctors, garden, cook. People have a lot of skills here that are useful. I'm trying to learn some of them." So she can be useful. Because she wasn't useful, as she is.
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"Yeah, experimented on us. The bunker's some space away. I guess you have to walk really far, but there's a pod that takes you immediately but you have to swim in the cold water." She went the latter way since she and Squall didn't want to spend 7 hours walking back when she was so exhausted. "I can show you where the pod is? We can go, if you want. I'm not sure you want to go alone, it's possible someone will need help down there and it's good to have a second person in an emergency." Squall was down there alone and she still didn't know why, but probably searching for answers the same way Seifer did.
Rinoa was a very social person so people thought that meant she was good at making friends, but being trained to socialize at events wasn't the same thing as making lasting connections. She was a lonely child and a lonely young woman, and she was trying to make friends here too. So far so good. She loved everyone from the SeeD team, but they all had connections to each other. The orphanage, the Garden. She often felt like the one left out, although she didn't say as much out loud. They were all so kind and welcoming to her. And they came and rescued her.
Her head picked up to look at him and almost wished he hadn't noticed that particular word. "They can do things. Hunt, fight, engineer weapons, carpentry, be doctors, garden, cook. People have a lot of skills here that are useful. I'm trying to learn some of them." So she can be useful. Because she wasn't useful, as she is.