"What?" That's a lot of information that, if true, he would be, at the very least, kicked out of Shinra and at worst 'taken out' or something equally brutal over. His choosing to tell her that right off the bat does something for putting her mind at ease, even if she looks at him skeptically as he speaks.

"We do, Hojo wouldn't be able to do what he does without your father." Hurt flashes in her eyes and Aerith crosses her arms over her chest tightly, frowning as she looks off to the side. "To me or my mother. Or anyone else."

Lifting her head she studies him before giving him a nod. "What's your plan? We get married to save me from the lab, and I work with you? What do you want? To run Shinra like your father did?"