While they had been looking for her, Rren had not meant to catch one of Aqua's memories. They weren't sure they'd be welcome to, not after the way they'd parted. But they also couldn't let the way they'd left things stand. Not after getting memories of H'Naal. No, the memories themselves hadn't been bad, but the emotions that had accompanied them? Absolutely. They hadn't realized before how deep the sense of abandonment ran, because they'd never let themself feel it.

And now that they couldn't not feel it. They couldn't leave off by abandoning a friend, no matter how hurt they'd felt at the time. So they cleared their throat awkwardly and approached Aqua as the memory of a much younger her faded. "H-hi..."