[Again Vincent is silent long enough that Cloud might well assume anyone else simply wasn't going to answer.]

Before. But I am not sure it makes much difference, since it would seem things happened anyways. Or such is the impression from others further along.

[Yuffie, Reno. Their return trip to Gaia.... Vincent had avoided learning most of the details, but the bigger picture had more than been seen.]

Calling us 'Heroes' has always been confusing. In much older times, to be 'heroic' didn't mean necessarily to be virtuous, only capable of great deeds. Whether we are the protagonists, or the antagonists, depends upon who is telling the story.


[Turning to look at Cloud. If nothing else, Vincent's crimson eyes show his age. So much older than the rest of him appears.]

Does it make a difference, to what you feel we must do?