As we dart along various corridors and walkways we reach a small section of the airship I have never been in before,
“Where are we?” I ask Vaan, shouting over the noise of the engines, I am a little nervous and my stomach is still churning, as we are still falling- rapidly.
“Well Kytes and I have been here before, there is a control... Panel! That’s the word, a control panel down here that sorts the engines out or something,” Vaan shouts back.
“For someone who claims to know so much about airships we’re looking pretty dim right now!” I shout Vaan shoots me a look of anger and continues to move us down the walkway; we come to a section that has pipes hissing and various other clanking noises,
“Are we almost there yet?” I shout my breaths are coming slower and are much harder to inhale; I am growing ever dizzier by the second,
“Not yet, just one more turn!” Vaan tells me,
“I need to sit down!” I say and I drop to the floor,
“Get up!!” Vaan pleads with me, “That’s an order!” He finishes after a while,
“I can’t! Please, keep going, do what you have to do!” I say, I look up to see what appears to be tears in Vaan’s eyes,
“Come on Aliera! Come on!” He shouts, he shakes my shoulders, I can’t hold on any longer, my world goes black.

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I feel myself being moved, where am I? I try and open my eyes, but they are too heavy, So I just hang there, limply, I am getting sick from the swaying motion, but I just can’t bring myself to move, suddenly I am deposited on the ground, or some sort of hard surface, but gently,
“Aliera?” I hear my voice being called, it’s distorted but it seems so near, I try and speak, but I can’t feel the words in my mouth.
“Come on, come back to me Aliera!” I hear the voice again, I suddenly realise who it is,
“Vaan?” I croak, my voice is weak,
“Thank the crystals you’re safe, I thought I’d lost you there for a minute” He tells me, his voice is wavering, I bring myself to open my eyes again, Vaan’s eyes are moist and his face is tear-stained,
“Were you crying?” I ask him, trying to laugh, but the sound that came out was far from pleasant,
“Yeah, I was” Vaan says, completely missing the joke,
“But why?” I ask him, it’s not like him to confess to anything, let alone crying!
“I was worried about you, I had to go and fix the airship, otherwise we would’ve all plunged to our deaths, you passed out and I had to leave you, when I sorted everything out I came straight back here, you were just slumped here against the wall where I left you, you were so cold, I was worried that... That you were gone” Vaan finishes, his voice trailing away,
“That’s so sweet” I tell him and smile, he smiles in return, I try and hug him but my body won’t move, he knows what I want to do and pulls me into a hug,
“This is nice” I tell him honestly,
“Yeah it is,” Vaan pulls me away from him and looks into my eyes, He leans in as if he is about to kiss me but suddenly draws away,
“Let’s go and see if the others are ok” I tell him and smile.