Midgar, Gaia -- Sunday Afternoon

[intraspective]

It was—not funny, not really, how things were back to normal and yet not back to normal and even though she had fun on the missions she still felt…

Weird.

Was that unfair of her? Maybe it was. It wasn't fair at all to expect him to break confidentiality to her.

And it wasn't fair, either, to think she'd be able to help without all the information, right?

That sounded right, to her. But who knew?

Ino kicked her feet, making the movement look harmlessly adorable even while she wished she could lash out, and sipped at her milkshake. Of course, Zack showing her around missions had only lasted so long. They'd wanted to—talk to him, or something: she didn't really know. He'd looked apologetic, she'd acted dumb, and off he'd went.

Hmm. She didn't really want this milkshake any more. This wasn't exactly going great, so far as weekends went.

[NFB, NFI except for the one she doesn't know about. (And the boy. Always the boy.)]

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[puppy_fair]

The man just scoffed and shook his head. Honestly, was that the best that she could come up with?

"The Planet provides us with all of the medicine that we need. Destroying it is a sorry way of thanking her for it." His brow creased, and he turned to face the other direction. "But I can see now that you're just like the rest of them. Too wrapped up in convenience to see what's right in front of you. But mark my words, ShinRa will fall, and the Planet will heal, with or without your help."

[intraspective]

Ino twirled a bit of hair around one finger cutely. Her eyes didn't even narrow at him despite her urge to do so.

"I like ShinRa," Ino said, sounding a bit whimsical. "At least they're honest."

[puppy_fair]

The man stopped in his tracks, then, and looked over his shoulder at her, his face positively twisted in a mask of disbelief and outrage.

"Which part of ShinRa is honest? The false government that they put in place in Midgar to appease the masses? Their promises of 'city development' while over half the population of the city wastes away in the dark, in the slums?"

If he knew half of ShinRa's other offences, he would have been able to add 'major government cover-ups of the accidental destruction of entire towns' to his list. And the ever popular phrase, 'All evidence of misconduct must be erased.'

Zack could help you out with that one, Ino. This particular gentleman had decided that he wanted nothing more to do with you, and he was angrily stalking away.

[intraspective]

"I never said they were good," she murmured, the little vacant girl, looking lost.

It was a lie, of course.

"But they are honest. ShinRa does what's best for ShinRa very honestly indeed."

She hummed a bit, then with a shrug, tossed her milkshake in the recycling.