[ the question takes him aback-- even moreso does the intent. it's a moment of clarity, where daan's investment in this woman makes picture perfect sense to him.
he hadn't been wrong to compare her to aerith. the similarities are striking. cloud looks to her, electric blues blinking, shifting about awkwardly before submitting. ]
...Her name's Tifa. [ there's a kind of shyness that softens his expression when he speaks. ] She... could use more friends. 'Specially girls.
[ he doesn't elaborate on that last bit; cloud's gaze flits back to marina, and for a moment, there's a flicker of a smile. ]
You're softer than you let on, y'know. You and Daan got that in common. Just can't help but give a damn about people, can't you?
Oh, as luck would have it, I'm a girl. [Marina says this with sass, but she can note that shift in Cloud to a gentle feeling towards this friend of his. She wonders if Daan does that about her, and figures no, he probably sighs deeply (if in an affectionate way)] I'll keep an eye out for her, maybe we can be friends, too. I won't try to force it, but it would be nice, huh?
[while she does have a habit of just declaring someone her friend, it's only once she gets a feeling that that is what they need and just what she's willing to be for them. As for his smile and the second comment,
She kicks her foot under his just to stumble him, even though they're walking together and she could very well go down too if he fell. How's that for soft, jackass.]
...She's not hard to get along with. Puts up with a lot, really. [ not that marina was something to put up with, but you know -- gremlin energy at all. ] ...Might be good for her to meet someone like y--
[ and then suddenly, he loses balance, practically catapulting towards. marina, naturally, comes down with him -- DESPITE HER BEING THE ROOT OF THIS INCIDENT, he takes care to wrap his arms around her so they wind up rolling against the ground together.
[Oh, Marina immediately presumes he's talking about himself with that "puts up with" comment so she'd take no offense,]
Eep! [An eloquent response to the situation she caused.
Cloud might take her with him falling, but at least he catches her! What a gentleman, and a klutz! Marina is disoriented for a moment before giving him a little bop-bop of her fists gently to his chest beneath her,]
Me? What was that!? You're the one who went rolling over a little stumble!
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he hadn't been wrong to compare her to aerith. the similarities are striking. cloud looks to her, electric blues blinking, shifting about awkwardly before submitting. ]
...Her name's Tifa. [ there's a kind of shyness that softens his expression when he speaks. ] She... could use more friends. 'Specially girls.
[ he doesn't elaborate on that last bit; cloud's gaze flits back to marina, and for a moment, there's a flicker of a smile. ]
You're softer than you let on, y'know. You and Daan got that in common. Just can't help but give a damn about people, can't you?
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[while she does have a habit of just declaring someone her friend, it's only once she gets a feeling that that is what they need and just what she's willing to be for them. As for his smile and the second comment,
She kicks her foot under his just to stumble him, even though they're walking together and she could very well go down too if he fell. How's that for soft, jackass.]
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[ and then suddenly, he loses balance, practically catapulting towards. marina, naturally, comes down with him -- DESPITE HER BEING THE ROOT OF THIS INCIDENT, he takes care to wrap his arms around her so they wind up rolling against the ground together.
blinking, as if still trying to process it: ]
Marina! The hell is wrong with you?
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Eep! [An eloquent response to the situation she caused.
Cloud might take her with him falling, but at least he catches her! What a gentleman, and a klutz! Marina is disoriented for a moment before giving him a little bop-bop of her fists gently to his chest beneath her,]
Me? What was that!? You're the one who went rolling over a little stumble!