I love quotations, so this would be an unusual fic for me if I wasn't to include them. The italics are all things said to or by Cloud. The fun part comes in trying to guess who said what.
Aerith's strand starts next time.
Disclaimer: SquareEnix own the recognisable bits.
Tifa.
Memory: the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
Sometimes…
Hey, it's you! You're still sane, right?
Sometimes, I hear things…
What you see will eventually become part of life's dream.
…Things I've never said…
I want to know you. The real you.
…Things that were never said to me…
What I have shown you is reality. What you remember, that is the illusion.
These are you're thoughts…
If this is all a dream, don't wake me up.
…you're memories…
How can there be any meaning in the memory of such a being?
why do I hear them…?
What to do? Have you lost your way?
…why can't you let them go…?
There's always something in the deepest reaches of our hearts. Something buried, or something forgotten.