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A/N: AU.
Paying Respects
It must have been beautiful here when the Meteor came down.
Cloud watched the town before him, imagining red flare on the snow. The frosty ground moaned beneath his boots when he walked over to Professor Gast's house, ignoring the bite of the cold on his cheeks. Nobody would bother him; apocalypse usually kept people inside for a while.
Had Aeris ever made it this far, she might have touched the door with wonder, aching to know about life behind it. Pity there was no way to know. If otherwise, he might have felt something when he set the house on fire.