[As he gets closer and can hear better, something about the other person's voice strikes him as familiar, but it isn't until he's about ten feet away that he can see clearly enough through the snow and the dimming light to realize that he knows who this is.]
Aerith?
[Of course he'd known she was here. They'd talked on the network a few times. He just hadn't realized she was so close!
Caught off guard, he loses a precious second just staring before he tears his attention from her, scanning wind-driven snow.]
If you aren't certain there's someone there, we don't have time to look. We have to get back inside now.
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Aerith?
[Of course he'd known she was here. They'd talked on the network a few times. He just hadn't realized she was so close!
Caught off guard, he loses a precious second just staring before he tears his attention from her, scanning wind-driven snow.]
If you aren't certain there's someone there, we don't have time to look. We have to get back inside now.