Chapter 10
Everyone had to stay in the Shelters for quite while after Meteor had hit. They were long, sad days. Aura cried for her father and sister while Yuna stared at the wall. When the door to the outer area had opened, Wakka had gone out to check. None of the mages had survived.
Rikku used the Comm spheres to talk to the other shelters. Nooj was fine. He told her that Leblanc was pregnant, as was Dona. Paine had not survived. Nor had anyone in the Calm Lands. As the death toll rose higher and higher, Rikku had only one thought. This has been a titanic disaster.
Everyone was shell shocked, moving slowly, not talking much, and crying almost all the time. Shinra and Rin had both survived, and were making plans to rebuild Spira. That was one of the few things in those dark days that got a smile out of Yuna. They made all sorts of plans, Shinra talking excitedly about his new inventions. However, when the conversation was over, Yuna went back to staring at the wall again. Rikku tried to cheer her up, but nothing helped, and soon she gave up.
After a time Yuna asked Ifalna about Lenne. Rikku had told her what she had seen and Yuna wanted to know what had happened to her daughter.
Ifalna would not answer. She did confide in Rikku, however, that Lenne would not have had along life wherever she was. At least where she was now she would live longer than she would have here and would have a little happiness before she died. Rikku took comfort from her words and did not ask her to expand on them.
Time passed, day-by-day. After a while, Rikku discovered she was pregnant, and the knowledge gave her hope for the future. The information cheered everybody up for a while. Even Yuna smiled a little. But soon they all sunk back into their hibernation state and waited for the time to pass.