[What a curious woman.

Tifa watches her with no shortage of patience as she works through her thoughts, almost out loud. She keeps apologizing for things that have no bearing on anything, but she understands—she was like that once. Insecure, unsure of everything she did, always needing to apologize for fear of upsetting the other person. She's gotten better at it as time went on, but she still has her moments, so she simply shakes her head at Lucrecia.]

It's fine. [A hand presses to her chest, and she offers her warmest smile.] Tifa Lockhart.

[She motions to the beach where the others are still splashing around and playing together.]

That's Cloud, Denzel, and Marlene that you met earlier.

[Fondness laces her voice, but she's quick to turn her attention back to Lucrecia.]

You don't have to do anything in return.

[Again, she reminds Tifa so much of herself when she was much younger, it's almost startling.

There's another pause as she looks between her, the water, and the sandwich before she laughs and points to the unopened bottle.]

Actually, have some water. That's what you can do for me. And stop worrying so much about paying me back.