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[first of all, there are several inconsequential doodles. This should be concerning because Nephry just doesn't doodle. Next there are several sentences that are so well crossed out they are unreadable. An ink spot where the pen rested too long on the page. A few more doodles.]

I...think I should go for a walk. I will take my journal with me just in case, however.

[and for those out and about, Nephry can be found standing on the bridge between houses 32 and 33 and Community Housing 5. It is quite the long walk, and it will continue in a short while if she's not interrupted. She will answer written or voiced messages too, of course. ...The doodling is kind of a giveaway that something is wrong here]

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[it will take her quite a bit longer to go from her bridge to his. She's walking a little slowly this evening, too]

[No worries, he'll just be waiting there for her arrival.]

[well then, here she is. Holding the journal securely closed just in case. It has a habit of picking up things she doesn't want others to hear, after all]

Good evening, Regal.

[He'll note right away how tired and pale she looks. However, he's not going to comment on that, as he suspects she's already well-aware of it.]

Good evening. Will you be warm enough out here?

[Because if not, he'll totally offer her his coat.]

I'm used to much colder weather than this. [at home they call this sort of thing summer]

[He'll nod and then turn to look out over the water, waiting for her to steer the conversation in whatever direction she'd like it to go.]

I find it hard to believe it has been almost a year since I first arrived here. I had hoped I would return home some time ago, but now I find myself questioning whether I still feel the same way.

You don't want to return?

Not until I have found a way to bring someone with me.

[she knows who he's talking about]

It would...change your world.

Perhaps, but my world has been changed before in a way that no one expected.

I feel that this is different. ...But it would be much better for her than any alternative. [meaning she wants him to succeed, too]

Yes. That is why it is vital that I find a way to do this before I return home.

...You can achieve it.

I hope for her sake that I can.

[they are not talking about her and she is totally okay with it. It's nice just to have a conversation with Regal]

Sometimes it surprises me that good things can come from a situation like this.

[Well, they had to talk about SOMETHING until she decides to bring up what's bothering her, and he's not going to push it.]

If there is one thing Lloyd has taught me, it is that good things can come from almost any situation.

...Do you miss your home?

At times, yes. But I have learned many things from my stay here as well, things I would never have been able to experience had I not been brought here.

[He turns to look at her.]

And yourself?

[she's fiddling with something on her left hand]

...Very much.

You have someone waiting for you at home?

Yes. ...Hopefully things have not changed.

It is my understanding that time does not pass in our worlds while we are here. If that is the case, things should be exactly as you left them.

Mm.

[she's leaning on the bridge rail too, and her hands have started to tremble again. Perhaps it's just the fading light that makes her look so pale]

[Okay, he thinks he's starting to get an idea of what's going on.]

If you would like to go inside...

Oh, no, I wouldn't trouble you, Regal. Or Professor Nebilim.

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