[She laughs when he bumps his head on hers, and she lets herself lean against him.]

I know... It's just...

[There's a brief pause where Tifa takes in a breath, and then lets it all out in a sigh.]

Maybe I just got so used to trying to do everything on my own. Easy to forget sometimes that there are others who want to help...

[At that, she lifts her face from his shoulder and looks through the veil of stars to her bar on the other side of them.]

I was by myself for a long time so I just had to make it work. Old habits die hard, as they say...

[For someone like Tifa, who never had so many friends since she was a girl, sometimes it's hard to remember and remind herself that she doesn't have to do anything alone anymore. She has Eustace especially, but more than that, a whole network of people who she knows would step up to help them and who want to make sure that the day is everything it should be. But she knows that Eustace understands and won't judge her for it, which is why it's so much easier for her to admit something like that out loud these days...]