iFamily is forever, but it doesn't seem that way./i

Zack. Shot.

Matthew. Geostigma.

Mom. Cancer.

Dad. Suicide.

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No, your family was almost obliterated.

"Almost" because of the man who stood at your stove, making pork chops with military precision. He cooked better than Zack.

It suddenly occurred to you that he never spoke of his family.

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"Cloud?"

"What?" The pork sizzled in the pan.

"What's you mom and dad like?"

"…They're dead. When Nibelheim burned."

"I don't have family anymore either."

"Not true. They're always with you."

"…I suppose."

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You wanted to hear, i"But you have me."/i