Original artwork, not a still
Aerith is gone. Aerith will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry... or get angry...
— Final Fantasy VII · 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Cloud responds to Aerith’s death by naming the ordinary expressions she will no longer share. The broken rhythm makes loss immediate and difficult to comprehend. This is a faithful opening excerpt of his longer speech, drawn from the original 1997 game rather than publishing the discovery heading as dialogue.
Sources (1)
- PolygonQuotation list entry for Final Fantasy VII: Cloud Strife. Literal selected wording and qualified game-specific credit checked; individual reference scope recorded in source review.Reference checked
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