Fang listened, not missing the sadness in Aerith's voice when she spoke.

"You won't be the only one," she said.

She wondered how similar the cities here would be to those she knew. Were cities really the same the world over, once you got past the architecture? It would certainly be something to find out. The villages she'd seen had been much the same, but also ... markedly different, in subtle, odd little ways.

A bit like her, she thought wryly.