I like the two options Paine gives for how Rikku and Nooj ended their relationship. It amuses me how both reflect not exactly wonderfully on Nooj.
I like how he describes their relationship as "businesslike." That is exactly what it seemed to be. I adore how Nooj stares into the closet while Paine focusses on his face.
I like the way Paine is rather ambivalent to Nooj's sudden possessiveness - especially the gesture of grasping her hands.
I like the very ordinariness of the final scenes of this story - the kitchen table discussion, the simple symbolism of Paine's shirts all in one place. It's sweet and ordinary and I think that a bit of normalcy would be something precious to these two. They need a little bit of domesticity after the chaos they've lived through (although I am sure they would still partake in some chaos too, being who they are). But with Spira becoming a world where people can work on living instead of dying it's good to see these two just living.
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I like how he describes their relationship as "businesslike." That is exactly what it seemed to be. I adore how Nooj stares into the closet while Paine focusses on his face.
I like the way Paine is rather ambivalent to Nooj's sudden possessiveness - especially the gesture of grasping her hands.
I like the very ordinariness of the final scenes of this story - the kitchen table discussion, the simple symbolism of Paine's shirts all in one place. It's sweet and ordinary and I think that a bit of normalcy would be something precious to these two. They need a little bit of domesticity after the chaos they've lived through (although I am sure they would still partake in some chaos too, being who they are). But with Spira becoming a world where people can work on living instead of dying it's good to see these two just living.