[ where tifa is all certainty, cloud finds himself lacking. it's not that sephiroth is some impossible enemy, but he is a powerful one all the same, a disease that clings to him as it does the planet, refusing to accept his own fate and rest in the lifestream. this place is at a risk, too.
turning to the mansion as well, his reaction is much the same as tifa's. the size of it is impressive, and perhaps the closest similarity he can find is the old, rundown mansion in nibelheim. one which had kept within it too many dark secrets. but just like in their tiny shared hometown, it might be the source of all their answers, so cloud pushes forward, lingering just behind tifa before stepping up next to her.
what she says chases away his plans of going further for a moment.
his geostigma had faded in a downpour of water in her church. it had been cured, cleansed off his skin by some force beyond their comprehension. perhaps it had been those who had passed on, their strength ( her power ) or the planet itself... but for it all, cloud is grateful. it means the kids are going to be safe, as are the rest of the infected.
it means there is reason to fight.
but he doesn't remember winning yet. ]
... It's over? [ out of everyone who has stood by his side, it's tifa he's been able to trust the most with the truth. why she would lie now is beyond him, though cloud searches for memories to match her words and finds none. maybe he'd passed out in the end. maybe someone else had finished the job. ] I don't... [ understand. ]
I saw him. He was still there, before this. [ before this place. ]
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turning to the mansion as well, his reaction is much the same as tifa's. the size of it is impressive, and perhaps the closest similarity he can find is the old, rundown mansion in nibelheim. one which had kept within it too many dark secrets. but just like in their tiny shared hometown, it might be the source of all their answers, so cloud pushes forward, lingering just behind tifa before stepping up next to her.
what she says chases away his plans of going further for a moment.
his geostigma had faded in a downpour of water in her church. it had been cured, cleansed off his skin by some force beyond their comprehension. perhaps it had been those who had passed on, their strength ( her power ) or the planet itself... but for it all, cloud is grateful. it means the kids are going to be safe, as are the rest of the infected.
it means there is reason to fight.
but he doesn't remember winning yet. ]
... It's over? [ out of everyone who has stood by his side, it's tifa he's been able to trust the most with the truth. why she would lie now is beyond him, though cloud searches for memories to match her words and finds none. maybe he'd passed out in the end. maybe someone else had finished the job. ] I don't... [ understand. ]
I saw him. He was still there, before this. [ before this place. ]