Hope tilted his head at her and gave her a small smile. "Sounds like a family. Sounds like my family, actually."

The way he said it, he didn't mean blood related either. He had mentioned the "group" he was with, and his dad was separate from that. He had his own ragtag family, but none of them were here.

"I see," He nodded, out of habit, Hope took a look at his frozen brand. He supposed it was useless here. If no one else from his world was here, then no one knew what a l'Cie was. And he had already tried to see if any of his powers worked here and they didn't. Hope wasn't sure if that meant his body was back to normal or not, but he wasn't about to try and survive and long fall either like before. He sighed and lowered his arm. "I'm still learning, trying to push myself to take that step forward. I suppose it was just easier with the support of my friends with me."

His smile widened a little and he held out his hand. "My name is Hope. Hope Estheim. What's your name?"

She was right. He needed to start somewhere.