Exeter Desperado
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Leon shook his head. "Cloud, if she was
down here, we'd have found her by now."
"Keep
looking!" Cloud snapped.
Vincent put a hand on his
friend's shoulder. "Cloud, listen to me. Leon is right. It'd
be wise if we not stay here any longer than necessary."
"It is necessary! Or have you given up hope?
How can you do that to her, after everything...?"
"Once, a long time ago, I did give up hope. I gave up
on life." Cloud's eyes widened. "However," Vincent continued,
"you, Tifa, and the rest of Avalanche saved me from that fate.
I owe you all my life, which is why I refuse to let you do
this to yourself."
"We've already been over the whole
place at least twice now," Randi said.
Cloud was
silent.
"My friend," Vincent said quietly, "let me put
it to you this way. If she's not down here, she could very
well be in trouble up above. And how are we to help her if
we're down here?"
"But...what if she's trapped in the
snow somewhere? I...I couldn't leave her..."
Vincent
sighed. "I guess, then, we're going to have to split up for
now. You may continue to look here if you wish, but I'm
heading up." He turned to Randi and Leon. "Would one of you
stay down here with him? I hate to have to ask this of you,
but..."
Cloud looked like he was struggling to make a
decision. Randi and Leon glanced at each other, not sure what
to do.
*****
Someone else's turn...
Edit: Mintaka, that's starting to scare even
me. The 8s are coming, the 8s are coming! Run fer the hills!
Aaagh!
Last edited by Exeter on 08-09-2001 at
10:34 PM |