Air in Two Movements

Being sparse of words was a defense mechanism of Fuujin's, although it was doubtless that no one thought of it that way. SeeD training and something of a difficult childhood conditioned her to believe that the more one was like a machine, the easier things would be. Hence, articulation was not one of her strong points and she doubted that it ever would be.

The idea of the posse appealed to Fuujin more than she'd admit, but that wasn't the reason why she stayed behind. Somebody had to be around to make sure Raijin didn't get his tongue in weird places (she recalls refrigerators and iced poles with some disdain now) and because Seifer needed a mother to put him into place, even if she talked like a cyborg. And there was fishing too. That was always fun.