Zack took over driving after they picked him and Cloud up; Sephiroth had taken his turn after that, and since Cloud was disqualified on account of not having his learner's permit yet, driver duty defaulted back to Aeris.
("Guys, I'm a country boy, I've been driving since I could see over the wheel," Cloud had protested.
"So that was, what, two weeks ago?" Zack had quipped, and after that there was a brief scuffle.)
It was well past midnight by then, Sephiroth having determined that it was not yet safe to stop and rest; Cloud and Zack, having worn each other out, were spark out in the back seat while Aeris in the driver's seat was keeping herself alert with swigs of some kind of fizzy drink with borderline illegal amounts of caffeine. She reached for her drink and happened to catch Sephiroth's eye, and smiled briefly before returning her attention to the road. "You should try to sleep too, you know," she murmured, so as not to wake up the boys in the back.
"I can't sleep," Sephiroth admitted. "Too much to think about." Aeris hummed a 'go on?' note. "...the future. How to evade Shinra for good. We can't keep running forever. ...even if it is a very nice car."
Aeris's eyes crinkled as she suppressed a laugh. "It's a very nice car. ...so, any ideas? Maybe bouncing them off me will help."
It was not how Sephiroth usually operated, preferring to keep his thoughts to himself until he had something worth sharing; but Aeris was not his subordinate, and so he didn't need to worry so much about the boundaries of command. "...Wutai is an option," he said. "Not a very likely one, but if I am now an enemy to Shinra, they may find me useful. Likewise, several pockets of resistance still exist in out-of-the-way places on the continent, and they might be persuaded."
"...is joining one army or another the only way?" Aeris asked quietly.
Sephiroth gave the matter due consideration. ".....we could run up to the North and raise chocobos?"
This time Aeris had to press a hand to her mouth to muffle her laugh.
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Zack took over driving after they picked him and Cloud up; Sephiroth had taken his turn after that, and since Cloud was disqualified on account of not having his learner's permit yet, driver duty defaulted back to Aeris.
("Guys, I'm a country boy, I've been driving since I could see over the wheel," Cloud had protested.
"So that was, what, two weeks ago?" Zack had quipped, and after that there was a brief scuffle.)
It was well past midnight by then, Sephiroth having determined that it was not yet safe to stop and rest; Cloud and Zack, having worn each other out, were spark out in the back seat while Aeris in the driver's seat was keeping herself alert with swigs of some kind of fizzy drink with borderline illegal amounts of caffeine. She reached for her drink and happened to catch Sephiroth's eye, and smiled briefly before returning her attention to the road. "You should try to sleep too, you know," she murmured, so as not to wake up the boys in the back.
"I can't sleep," Sephiroth admitted. "Too much to think about." Aeris hummed a 'go on?' note. "...the future. How to evade Shinra for good. We can't keep running forever. ...even if it is a very nice car."
Aeris's eyes crinkled as she suppressed a laugh. "It's a very nice car. ...so, any ideas? Maybe bouncing them off me will help."
It was not how Sephiroth usually operated, preferring to keep his thoughts to himself until he had something worth sharing; but Aeris was not his subordinate, and so he didn't need to worry so much about the boundaries of command. "...Wutai is an option," he said. "Not a very likely one, but if I am now an enemy to Shinra, they may find me useful. Likewise, several pockets of resistance still exist in out-of-the-way places on the continent, and they might be persuaded."
"...is joining one army or another the only way?" Aeris asked quietly.
Sephiroth gave the matter due consideration. ".....we could run up to the North and raise chocobos?"
This time Aeris had to press a hand to her mouth to muffle her laugh.