"Hope..." Reno chewed thoughtfully in silence for a moment more.

"Well. I hope you're right." He frowned. "I wanna believe the best, y'know, I wanna believe that things're gonna work out. But until everyone's vetted an' we know why this is happening..."

Until a lot of things. And even then, was it really okay? What about the other worlds that were missing people? What did it mean for Gaia to have the dead walking again? What did it mean for the Lifestream?

"I'm worried," he admitted, serious for the first time since they'd arrived at the fair. "But not seeing Sephiroth again? That'd be great."