[If this is a dream, he suddenly doesn't care any more. Doesn't register the correction at all, just hears it as a confirmation and in an instant he's there, arms around her so tightly it's a wonder she can breathe. He has his face buried in her hair and she's there and real and he is crying.]

Oh mein gott, Aeris. Ich habe gedacht-- I thought-- [can't even finish the sentence, just hugs her tighter]