“I can hear Aeris’s voice…” Cloud murmured. He sat up on his bed and groggily looked around. Next to his bed, Barret groaned. Tifa, on the far corner of the room, got up at his voice. “…Cloud?”

He didn’t hear her. He stood up with his ears strained. “…Aeris…” He mumbled. Tifa slowly stood up and nudged Barret who was snoring quite loud. Barret stirred. “Huh? What’s goin’ on, Tifa?”

Tifa shushed him and pointed at Cloud.

Look.

Barret glanced at Cloud standing on the middle of the small room of the City of Ancient and his eyes widened. “Cloud? What’s wrong?” He asked. At first, Cloud stood with dazed expression on his face. But then, he jerked his face towards them. “I can hear Aeris talking!” He exclaimed. Tifa rubbed her tired eyes. “But, Cloud, we had searched everywhere. The forest and this City of Ancient, too. There was no Aeris, remember?”

Cloud firmly shook his head. “No, I can hear her voice. She’s–“ He briefly closed his eyes. “ –she’s praying…”

Barret groaned again. “This is spooky, Cloud. And why the hell Aeris can only be heard –or seen- by only you?” He asked, annoyed. Tifa stiffened at the comment. True– Tifa chewed on that a moment meaningfully. Very true–

Cloud shook his head. “I don’t know.” Then, he started to climb the ladder that leads to downstairs and outside. It was already dark. The sun had set. Tifa wondered where Cloud is thinking of going. “Cloud! Where are you going?”

Cloud was already opening the front door. “Out. To Aeris.” He responded shortly. And he was gone.

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