Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007 Video Game)

Steve Burton: Cloud Strife

Quotes 

• 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.

• [last lines] 

  Cloud Strife : My name is Cloud. SOLDIER, first class.

• 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]