Cloud had already recently faced himself, though perhaps not quite in the same way. It was an encounter that was still on his mind but lifted a great deal of the weight sitting on his shoulder. But he'd be lying if he said that all of his doubts were gone. And then there was the matter of those who had been exposed to the powers of the black crystal.

"I don't think it's as simple as 'homocidal urges'. Last October the Black Crystal was used to make me into a puppet. Same thing with the murders. And then the previous October when Tifa..." He shook his head, "It's the things that we want to deny that we'd do if push came to shove. It doesn't have to be murder. Betrayal can be enough. Or maybe it's smaller things like the fears we're sitting on."

He looked up and nodded at Ramza, thankful for him bringing up the question on his mind. "All I know is that if I don't do this I'll wonder about it forever."