- Zack Fair: That girl, she said the sky... frightened her.
- [pause]
- Zack Fair: That looks so... liberating.
- [opens his eyes]
- Zack Fair: Those wings... I want them too.
- [pause]
- Zack Fair: It feels... good.
- [pause, see Cloud walking though the 'plains']
- Zack Fair: If you see Aerith, say hi for me. Hey, would you say... I became a hero?
- Zack Fair: [hiking a mountain in the snow; turns to the 2 men behind him & shouts] Yo! Don't fall too far behind!
- [turns back around; looks at the Infantryman beside him]
- Zack Fair: At least someone's keeping up!
- Infantryman: [still has his helmet on, can't see who it is] Well, I'm a country boy too.
- Zack Fair: From where?
- Infantryman: [doesn't answer right away; eventually-] Nibelheim.
- [Zack bursts out laughing]
- Infantryman: How about you?
- Zack Fair: Me? Gongaga.
- [Infantryman laughs, but it's barely audible; Zack sounds defensive]
- Zack Fair: Hey, what's so funny about that? You know Gongaga?
- Infantryman: No, but... it's such a backwater name.
- Zack Fair: Ditto Nibelheim.
- Infantryman: [slightly affronted] Like you've been there.
- Zack Fair: I haven't, but there's a reactor there, right?
- ['man nods]
- Zack Fair: A 'Mako' reactor outside Midgar usually means...
- Zack Fair, Infantryman: [together] nothing else out there.
- [both look at each other; start laughing at the same time; Zack looks towards Tseng]
- Zack Fair: [calls out] Good news Tseng! Me and...
- [Zack looks at 'man; he pulls off his helmet, & we now see it's-]
- Cloud Strife: Cloud.
- Zack Fair: Me and Cloud here are both backwater experts. Oh yeah!
- [Zack & Cloud smile, & turn to keep hiking]
- Zack Fair: [hears his voice] Embrace your dreams.
- [brief pause]
- Zack Fair: If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams.
- Cloud Strife: Thank you... I won't forget.
- [stands up; bows his head in sadness; once he recovers]
- Cloud Strife: Good night
- [turns to leave, stops; almost whispered]
- Cloud Strife: Zack.
- Genesis: [reciting from LOVELESS] Even if the morrow is barren of promises, nothing shall forestall my return.
- Cloud Strife: [Zack lies at the edge of a cliff, dying; various pieces of 'enemies' armor & weapons scattered across the ground; Cloud, still weak from "Mako addiction", crawls toward Zack; when he finally reaches Zack's side] Z-Zack.
- Zack Fair: [grunts in pain; face relaxes, he looks at Cloud; with a smile] For the... both of us.
- Cloud Strife: [confused] Both... of us?
- Zack Fair: That's right... you're gonna...
- Cloud Strife: [as if to prompt him] You're gonna...
- Zack Fair: [Zack reaches out, grabs Cloud behind the head; as he pulls Cloud's head down to rest on his chest] Live.
- [holds his head in comradery/friendship]
- Zack Fair: You'll be... my living legacy.
- [hand drops to his side; Cloud sits up again, the side of his face now covered with Zack's blood; Cloud just looks at Zack silently; Zack looks over at Buster; drags it towards Cloud]
- Zack Fair: My honor... my dreams...
- [holds Buster out towards Cloud]
- Zack Fair: they're yours now.
- Cloud Strife: [reaches for the sword with one hand; eventually grabs with the other also; Zack briefly touches Cloud's hand before he pulls the sword towards himself; silent a few moments] I'm... your living... legacy.
- [Zack closes his eyes, smiles and dies; Cloud, distraught, looks up at the sky, screams his grief]