( She feels the same way, largely. Mostly, Serah just prefers to feel secure in her own self, able to wake up without feeling ill. A drink or two at a celebration isn't terrible, but staying sober feels better. )

I wonder what the people who lived here before us did. ( Did they have restaurants? Hangouts? New Bodhum might be a little higgledy-piggledy, may not by as bustling with life as the cities on Cocoon were, but they found things to do. Lebreau would cook, serve drinks to people. They'd lie on the beach and play games, go swimming. Watch the fishermen and learn to use magic. Serah would teach the kids... )

You know, we used to have a fireworks show back home. Every year. People would come together and watch and make a wish.

( It was such a lovely event. Serah never realised she'd see her last one when she was there, days before the Purge began. )