-11- [Voice]

[unlocked_hart]

[There's...a lot of coughing. Which finally emerges as Tifa's croaking voice - she sounds as if she's swallowed a cheese grater.]

...Cl-Cloud...?

[More coughing.]

...Cloud? [She clears her throat and tries again.] Aerith?

[Pause.]

Yuffie? ...you guys...you guys okay?

Comments

[couldnotfly]

[Whoa whoa whoa! He'd heard you were dead, Tifa. Not comatose; dead. How are you...what the...what's going on?]

Tifa? Are you--[Of course she is, you dolt.] You're alive.

[unlocked_hart]

I...I'm gonna work on it, Zack.

You d-do the same, yeah?

[couldnotfly]

[A long moment of silence passes before he answers.]

Yeah. I will.

[unlocked_hart]

Hey...um. If you need to...come crash or something, you can.

[couldnotfly]

...Thanks, Tifa, but I'm okay. Tseng's letting me stay at his place for a while.

[unlocked_hart]

[Nod nod]

All right. I'll...talk to you later than. Be safe, Zack.

[And the NOC cuts out.]