The breeze whips my dark brown hair as I sit by a tree, overlooking the lake. It was a beautiful sight. A beautiful day. I watched a person sitting on the lake's shore and skipping stones. I've resisted the urge to take a picture of this scene for too long. I pick my camera up and press down on the button - Snap - and the scene would be apart of my memory for a long time. I continue watching the person in amusement.

Suddenly, the person approaches me, smiling. I quickly hide my head, in fear the person would be angry at me. "Did I hear a shutter close?" the person asked, definitely a guy.

"Umm...yeah..." I say, quietly, but somehow the guy could hear me. I look up.

"You know it's rude to take a photo of a person without asking?"

"I'm sorry..."

He shrugs and smiles calmly, "Do you find me interesting or something?"

"Um...yeah..." I blush. "I like the way you dress. It's interesting, different from normal society..."

I look down to what I'm wearing - turquoise halter with slight ruffles at the chest, denim shorts with an earthy green belt and black ballet flats. It was normal, everyday wear. The guy, however, was wearing a blue shirt, some sort of brown or green pants, boots and gloves. Gloves for a reason I didn't know, but was curious to find out. He also wore vintage pilot goggles on his head, another reason I didn't know but wanted to find out.

He looks himself over. "The clothes of an airship pilot."

"Airship pilot?" I smile, interested. "Never seen one before."

"You have now."

Gah, where's my manners? I thought. Introducing myself would be a better start, a polite start to a new friendship. "I'm Jayne."

"I am Cid Highwind." He smiles.

"Interesting name." A silence for not more than a few seconds. "Oh, and a pleasure to meet you." I smile back.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too."

I ask Cid if he wants to come for a walk with me. He said yes. He's explaining a story to me, a story of Shinra Space Program and how he's an ex-member. Cid tells me he was supposed to be the first man in space.

"Wow! That would've been amazing if you were to go into space!" I smile, my eyes widen in enthusiasm - real enthusiasm, not fake.

"But alas, my dreams were dashed long ago." Cid continues. "That's why I'm at this lake."

I ask him why he's here. He lets out a long sigh.

"That is a man-made lake. At the bottom, there's my space rocket."

I ask him if it crashed. He shakes his head.

"Shinra filled the launch crater in with water."

"Oh." is all I say.

"You still fly right?"

Cid nods, "I have my own airship."

I claim I would love to see. We enter a clearing and he waves his hand. A large airship comes into the clearing.

"Whoa! Do you mind if I take a picture?" I smile once it lands.

He nods, "Sure thing. Afterwards, if you'd like, we can go for a ride."

"Sure!" I smile once I take the picture. A rope ladder is tossed down. "I'll go on after you." Cid smiles.

Once we both get up, I look around fascinated. A lady comes out to the both of us. She's carrying a tray of two coffees and a tea. Cid takes one of the coffee and I take the tea. He smiles, sits down in the pilots seat and pats his lap.

I look around. No other seats. "Will you be able to see?" I ask.

He nods and smiles. "No worries."