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[Cloud had managed to get the piano successfully inside without scraping anything up. It had taken a little creative thinking, but he'd finally found a nice little corner for it near the bar for atmosphere. Hell, he even got a pretty lamp to go atop it, and when Tifa arrives she'll probably find him plucking out that little melody on her sheet music from Nibelheim almost ten years ago now.]

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[Except better, amirite. Cloud watches her hands for a minute before closing his eyes and just listening, swinging his legs occasionally.]

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

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[Cloud listens for a while longer before -tilting his head slightly in her direction rather than looking straight at her- he says:] Hey.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Mm?

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...do you remember the old man who ran the inn?

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do...

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...what was his name?

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Name? It was Adam, if I remember correctly.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Adam...

[He swings his legs again.] What about the woman in the house down the boardwalk? She had the little boy and girl, what were their names?

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.

The woman was... Linda, I think. And the kids were Thomas and Jessica.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Oh. [And that's all the explanation you get as Cloud hops off the piano.]

I'm glad you like it.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Is everything all right?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yep.

You should hire some help so you can play during open hours and let someone else tend the bar.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

You'd tell me if something was wrong though, right?

I wonder who I could get to help.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, but I bet you could find someone you could train, at the very least. Just to give you a break once in a while.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

That's a really good idea. I think I'll see who's interested then.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Be careful who you hire though.

... [Flare of protectiveness.] And if it's a guy I wanna meet him.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Don't trust my judgement?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Just doing my duty, ma'am.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Oh fine~.

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Want some help setting up today?

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Sure, that'd be great.

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[Cloud busies himself with starting to set things up, pulling chairs down from the tables and stuff, familiar with how this works what with the days he'd helped her at Seventh Heaven. After a bit, he strikes up another conversation.]

Hey...maybe we could figure out a way to build an expansion on this thing. Like...y'know, like back home. You could live upstairs and have this downstairs.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

That would make things easier... but I don't know how we'd do it.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

There was a guy who built the barracks; Walter, and Mark helped. Walter's kind of a dick, but maybe I can get Stella to beg him.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

I guess it's worth a shot to ask.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Will do, then. I'll let you know how it goes.

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[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

You're the best, Cloud.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I try.