As she had told Hope once before, and as he had turned back to her, sometimes it wasn't a matter of can or can't; sometimes you just did what was necessary. Being a l'Cie had hammered home that point and by now Lightning was used to it.

Strengthening her position, she pulled Celes up slowly, examining the other woman as she did so. Something about the straight-forward way she said all that felt familiar to Lightning, but she didn't comment on it. Instead, she just used her own weight to steady Celes, putting one of the other woman's arms around her shoulders and one of her own around Celes' waist.

"I've been through my fair share of injuries." Meaning she knew how to take care of them and how to treat someone who had been injured. "Is this comfortable enough for you to walk?"