[...was? If she's thinking in the past tense like that, even unconsciously, that's just a shred more concrete hope than Snow had before.]
[A very, very tiny shred.]
No, it doesn't.
[Conviction but not hostility. It doesn't change anything from his perspective either, including his determination to somehow help Claire. Which Lightning ought to be able to read from him in one quick glance. She knows how stubbornly, stupidly idealistic he has to be.]
[..would Lightning's relationship with Serah make Claire realize what she was missing, or just isolate her more in anger?]
[It only takes asking the question for him to realize that isn't on or.]
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[A very, very tiny shred.]
No, it doesn't.
[Conviction but not hostility. It doesn't change anything from his perspective either, including his determination to somehow help Claire. Which Lightning ought to be able to read from him in one quick glance. She knows how stubbornly, stupidly idealistic he has to be.]
[..would Lightning's relationship with Serah make Claire realize what she was missing, or just isolate her more in anger?]
[It only takes asking the question for him to realize that isn't on or.]