[The reveal is received without so much as a stir. The youth remains still where he sits, the silence of the falling snow spreading a veil over where they stand in the sharp bite of the winter's air. Slowly the pirate lifts his head, the volume now gone from his voice as eyes stare with their piercing gaze at the swordsman.]

You think I care? I've never lived my life thinking that I could just come back.

[A hand slaps down on one of his knees, the echoing cutting the silence with far greater depth than the wit of his words.]

What's the point of living if you don't take risks? What good are heroes if they don't fight for others? What good can heroes do when they're stuck in crystal? .. I used to think one person could change things here. That was stupid. No single person can stop what's happening here.

[Out with his finger again, pointing at Sephiroth as if there were something beyond where the man stood.]

What good is keeping Zelda and Yuffie in crystal if they don't have a world to come back to?! It's going to take all of us, all of us, to save this place! You think they're safe, but they're sitting ducks without any way of speaking up or trying to keep themselves protected from what's happening.

[He drags a long breath of air through his nostrils, the effects of the cold weather making him sniffle in the process.]

I don't care if I get sick! I told Pakku and Bloom that I'd always be here, so I'm going to wait until they come back! I won't lose them, too!