[Tifa still isn't used to the empathy bond. It doesn't scare her like it does some people, but it's still jarring, and so when Jack bumps into her and she instinctively reaches out to steady him, the emotions that hit her make her gasp. Maybe it's made more unsetting for the fact that those feelings are familiar to Tifa. She's experienced them herself more than she'd like to admit. She felt like she was going to drown in them after Nibelheim, and again after Sector 7 and Aerith.
It's automatic for her to reach out too, but she stops herself, hands hovering over his upper arms. She shakes her head when he apologizes, and he doesn't need the empathy bond to see the naked concern on her face.]
empathy
It's automatic for her to reach out too, but she stops herself, hands hovering over his upper arms. She shakes her head when he apologizes, and he doesn't need the empathy bond to see the naked concern on her face.]
Don't apologize. Are you alright? Can I help?