Well... [ Aerith hesitates, thinking it over. ] I think some people maybe...weren't happy with how things were back home. This could be like a second chance for them, if it was really bad.

[ She's not one of them - there's still a lot of work to do back in Midgar and beyond - but Aerith could understand the reasoning behind wanting to stick around this place. ]

It's a choice when...they might not have had one before.