But. But it felt so. So real. I felt. Everything die. Everyone. Every... all of... they're all...

[ Yeah, no, he can feel that tightness in his chest, a prelude to more crying, and he hides his head behind the crystal once more. He turns after that, sinking back down to the stone floor to sit and lean heavily back against the remains of the crystal itself. ]

They're all. Everyone's. [ His voice trembles, hitching as tears well up in his eyes again. He buries his face in his hands, not that Aerith can see. ] Gone. Everyone's gone.