[Aerith presses her lips together for a moment as she considers how to word what comes next. She so often just speaks what she feels without giving it all that much thought, but this felt like something she needed to take a great deal of care with.]

A lot of us remember different things, right? It's been that way awhile. We've had different experiences, made different memories. And— you and Cloud, you both left and came back a little bit different, too.

[That's not what she needs to address directly, but it's a start, and it is relevant.]

... awhile back, Rufus said he could tell me a little about the future. About how he came to be on our side of things, but he warned me that once I knew, I wouldn't be able to go back to not knowing. So I didn't ask. Not for a long, long while... but recently, I caved.