Thanks to you. [smiles, then it falters] Or . . . I guess it wasn't you, huh?

[sighs and awkwardly glances around at the church] So, I'm in another city called Template that isn't anything like the one I come from, it sucks people in from all over the place, most of us are doubles, and none of us can leave. Guess I'm lucky I wasn't in the middle of anything important.

[looks at her again, and hesitates just a moment before reaching up to brush his fingers against her cheek. His tone is quiet, almost hopeful.] But . . . you sure act a lot like the Aeris I knew . . .