"We knew it might happen," she replied quietly, seriously because she really should never have let herself get emotionally invested in him. You'd think that the four years where he was locked away at Hojo's tender mercies would have killed off whatever she felt for him, but apparently feelings like that for Zack Fair just didn't die off. She was as bad as the Ancient girl in that respect.

"The last thing I remember was Tseng sending me out to find him before the army did. Tseng wanted me to keep him alive and safe." And they'd have sorted out the details later on about what exactly to do with him. But he didn't deserve what Shinra had done considering how devoted he'd been.