[There was quite the crowd forming now. Good. The more people that were around now, the less he'd have to repeat himself. Not that Snow really minded, per se - he'd scream into the ether as many times as he had to if it meant getting these people to listen.
He recognized some of them, but others, not so much. Maybe a passing glance around the city, but not much more than that. His focus eventually fell back onto Lightning, and her no-nonsense expression was sobering. He couldn't afford to fuck this up, and he took the time to choose his words carefully.]
Trying to save us. All of us. We were lied to from the beginning.
[He sighed then, not feeling totally confident with how he'd worded that. Steeling his nerves, he picked himself up and tried again. His words came out steadier this time, his tone more even. More dire. This wasn't a joke.]
It's not the first time, is it, sis? We've been lied to before - told all kinds of things that weren't true, about the fal'Cie and Pulse. It's the same thing all over again.
[He looked to everyone else, knowing that they wouldn't understand what the hell he'd just said, and that he had to put it into terms for everyone to get on the same page.]
They lied to us. Biggs and Jessie and the others. They brought us here, told us we had to fight the Calamity from the Skies. But what they didn't tell us was that killing the Calamity will destroy the world, and kill all of us along with it. Don't you get it? We're not here to save this world - we're here to destroy it. And this - what you see here - all of this is to set us free. Take us home. Not tonight, but eventually.
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He recognized some of them, but others, not so much. Maybe a passing glance around the city, but not much more than that. His focus eventually fell back onto Lightning, and her no-nonsense expression was sobering. He couldn't afford to fuck this up, and he took the time to choose his words carefully.]
Trying to save us. All of us. We were lied to from the beginning.
[He sighed then, not feeling totally confident with how he'd worded that. Steeling his nerves, he picked himself up and tried again. His words came out steadier this time, his tone more even. More dire. This wasn't a joke.]
It's not the first time, is it, sis? We've been lied to before - told all kinds of things that weren't true, about the fal'Cie and Pulse. It's the same thing all over again.
[He looked to everyone else, knowing that they wouldn't understand what the hell he'd just said, and that he had to put it into terms for everyone to get on the same page.]
They lied to us. Biggs and Jessie and the others. They brought us here, told us we had to fight the Calamity from the Skies. But what they didn't tell us was that killing the Calamity will destroy the world, and kill all of us along with it. Don't you get it? We're not here to save this world - we're here to destroy it. And this - what you see here - all of this is to set us free. Take us home. Not tonight, but eventually.