Kuraishisu koa: Fainaru fantajî VII

Zack:
Do the Turks really do that?

Tseng:
Don't worry. Thanks to you, my salary's better.

Genesis:
Hmm... how noisy. Zack, the puppy dog.

Genesis:
Dogs of Shinra, but what do you know?

Zack Fair:
That girl, she said the sky... frightened her. [pause] That looks so... liberating. [opens his eyes] Those wings... I want them too. [pause] It feels... good. [pause, see Cloud walking though the 'plains'] If you see Aerith, say hi for me. Hey, would you say... I became a hero?

Zack Fair:
[hiking a mountain in the snow; turns to the 2 men behind him & shouts] Yo! Don't fall too far behind! [turns back around; looks at the Infantryman beside him] At least someone's keeping up!

Infantryman:
[still has his helmet on, can't see who it is] Well, I'm a country boy too.

Zack Fair:
From where?

Infantryman:
[doesn't answer right away; eventually-] Nibelheim. [Zack bursts out laughing] How about you?

Zack Fair:
Me? Gongaga. [Infantryman laughs, but it's barely audible; Zack sounds defensive] Hey, what's so funny about that? You know Gongaga?

Infantryman:
No, but... it's such a backwater name.

Zack Fair:
Ditto Nibelheim.

Infantryman:
[slightly affronted] Like you've been there.

Zack Fair:
I haven't, but there's a reactor there, right? ['man nods] A 'Mako' reactor outside Midgar usually means...

Zack Fair, Infantryman:
[together] nothing else out there. [both look at each other; start laughing at the same time; Zack looks towards Tseng]

Zack Fair:
[calls out] Good news Tseng! Me and...

[Zack looks at 'man; he pulls off his helmet, & we now see it's-]

Cloud Strife:
Cloud.

Zack Fair:
Me and Cloud here are both backwater experts. Oh yeah! [Zack & Cloud smile, & turn to keep hiking]

Zack Fair:
[hears his voice] Embrace your dreams. [brief pause] If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams.

Cloud Strife:
Thank you... I won't forget. [stands up; bows his head in sadness; once he recovers] Good night [turns to leave, stops; almost whispered] Zack.

[last lines]

Cloud Strife:
My name is Cloud. SOLDIER, first class.

Genesis:
[reciting from LOVELESS] Even if the morrow is barren of promises, nothing shall forestall my return.

Cloud Strife:
[Zack lies at the edge of a cliff, dying; various pieces of 'enemies' armor & weapons scattered across the ground; Cloud, still weak from "Mako addiction", crawls toward Zack; when he finally reaches Zack's side] Z-Zack.

Zack Fair:
[grunts in pain; face relaxes, he looks at Cloud; with a smile] For the... both of us.

Cloud Strife:
[confused] Both... of us?

Zack Fair:
That's right... you're gonna...

Cloud Strife:
[as if to prompt him] You're gonna...

Zack Fair:
[Zack reaches out, grabs Cloud behind the head; as he pulls Cloud's head down to rest on his chest] Live. [holds his head in comradery/friendship] You'll be... my living legacy.

[hand drops to his side; Cloud sits up again, the side of his face now covered with Zack's blood; Cloud just looks at Zack silently; Zack looks over at Buster; drags it towards Cloud]

Zack Fair:
My honor... my dreams... [holds Buster out towards Cloud] they're yours now.

Cloud Strife:
[reaches for the sword with one hand; eventually grabs with the other also; Zack briefly touches Cloud's hand before he pulls the sword towards himself; silent a few moments] I'm... your living... legacy.

[Zack closes his eyes, smiles and dies; Cloud, distraught, looks up at the sky, screams his grief]

Zack Fair:
Boy oh boy,the price of freedom is steep...

Angeal Hewley:
If you want to be a hero, you need to have Dreams, and Honor