// You okay?

// Oh.

// What happened?

// Understandable. No worries.

// Materia trap? 🥺

—the mystery had only just begun to unfurl.

—but as his mother never spoke of Godo's late wife, he didn't know that they had known each other as Lady Kasumi had passed on before he and Yuffie had become friends as children.

He didn't know what had transpired between them exactly, but he had a feeling that—

;u;

Closing his eyes for a moment, Yuri lowered his head in a nod in agreement.

Then his stoic expression changed as if remembering something important.

Quietly reaching into his wide sleeve, Yuri handed Yuffie a white jade charm adorned with restorative materia.

"This is for you."

Yuri chuckled. "You also wouldn't be you if you were several inches taller."

Great. Now, he was thinking about it.

...Female Turk? Yuri searched his memory for the person that Yuffie could be talking about but only came up with vague images of a woman with short blonde hair and a suit.

He had seen her around Wutai, but hadn't paid much attention.

// My brain *bows*

Yuri couldn't help but quietly smirk a little.

It was a 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 funny... Though, he still hadn't the faintest clue of what was going on—and why she was speaking of posteriors, but he couldn't resist the opportunity to tease her about it.

// I know. But getting that random text saying that I suck and I should just give up, really freaked me out... Took me a moment to gather myself.