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[She doesn't think anything of it, at first. There's another three day hole in her memory and she assumes that he's just out of the city or dealing with something. It's happened before and she knows he'll call sooner or later. But when the call doesn't come, even after noon has come and gone, Lightning begins to worry. She tries to call his gear, but there's no answer other than what she's feared the most ever since people started to disappear on her. That cold, robotic tone telling her that he is gone and she wasn't even there when he disappeared.

That well known sentence that leaves no question he won't be answering her again, and he may not even remember her and everything they are. Still, she doesn't cry. Not even when Strike and Lucky pad into her room, Leon's bag in Strike's paws before she gives it to Lightning and goes to Sen, curling into his embrace as Lucky whines, putting her head on Lightning's lap as the woman digs into Leon's bag and comes out with his coat and a letter that she reads once, twice, three times over before it finally sinks in. Now she cries, one broken sounding sob that shouldn't come from a woman who is normally so strong, but when her world has just been rocked upside down...she's not sure what else to do.

Not sure what else she can do but slowly get out of bed and sit with her arms around Lucky, quietly ignoring the world around them for a long time. Those that come into her room will find her like that, Leon's jacket draped around her shoulders and Lucky's head in her lap. She's not likely to move anytime soon, either.]

Leon's gone. He said to tell you he was sorry.

[Private text to: Ventus]
Can you come by for a minute? I need your help with something.

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[When Serah's birthday rolls around, they can try it then. Even if they'll probably have to get Minnie involved to get it right. But that's what family is for.]

You should focus on finding this one first. If there's a way to travel between this world and others, that solves nearly all our problems.

[Hopefully they've got time for that, because by that time she'd be willing to give it another shot. Time is all they need, really. Time and love and hugs for all.]

[Family makes for the best teamwork, indeed. It'd be a glorious cake one way or another]

I'll do my best to find it then. I'm sure it's got to be someplace out there. After all, there're a lot of stars.

[And all of these things are entirely doable. They'll make it happen, they're Square kids]

[A glorious success or a glorious failure, either would have Serah smiling at the attempt. That should be all that matters.]

You'll be looking for a while, then. There must be thousands of worlds out there if every star is a different one.

[They're Square kids, alright, and Square kids live to make the impossible possible. They'll manage somehow.]

[Smiles are definitely what count, with those kinds of efforts]

I don't mind, if I could help people see each other again.

[They do and they will, absolutely]

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