Gongaga - Afraid to Go On

Cloud wakes in the Gongaga inn. Barret and Tifa are at his bedside.

Barret
You look like you was havin' a nightmare.
How are you feeling?

Cloud
- I seem to be OK
- Not good
- Don't really know

• I seem to be OK
  
  

  Barret
  That's good. Man, I didn't know what was gonna happen.

  
  
• Not good
  
  

  Barret
  Oh... Better keep it to yourself.

  
  
• Don't really know
  
  

  Barret
  I guess that's right. Well, don't worry too much about it.

Tifa
You know, Cloud. Aeris is gone.

Barret
Everyone's out looking for Aeris.

Cloud sits up.

Cloud
......City of the Ancients. Aeris is headed there.

Barret
By herself!? Why did she go by herself!?
Hey, we're goin' too.

Cloud
Only the Ancients, only Aeris can save us from Meteor...

Tifa
Then we must go. What'll we do if something happens to Aeris? If Sephiroth finds her, she's in trouble.

Cloud
Sephiroth... already knows.

Barret
Hey! Why are you still sittin' around?

Tifa
Let's go, Cloud.

Cloud
No.

He clutches his head.

I might lose it again.
If Sephiroth comes near me
I might......

Barret
Yeah, godammit! It's 'cuz of you that Sephiroth got the Black Materia in the first place. It's your damn fault!

Cloud
My fault?

Barret
I know you got problems... hell, we all do. But you don't even understand yourself.
But you gotta understand that there ain't no gettin' offa this train we're on, till we get to the end of the line.

Tifa
Cloud, we came this far... Aren't you going to settle up with Sephiroth?

Cloud (shaking his head)
No...
I'm afraid.
If this keeps up, I may go crazy!
I'm afraid...

Barret
Just a damn jackass, that's what you are...
Yo, jes' think about it... How many people in this world do ya think really understand themselves?
People get depressed in life because they don't know what's up.
But, they go on living. They don't run away... Isn't that how it is?

He walks out of the room.

Tifa
Cloud... you'll come with us, right? I believe in you.

She walks out after Barret.

Cloud
What... am I supposed to do?
Pull out of here?
Pull out? ...To where?

Tifa (from the next room)
Cloud...

Barret
Wait a minute, Tifa. Give him a little time.
He has to decide this on his own.
You believe in Cloud... right?

He leaves the inn, and Tifa follows reluctantly.

Cloud
......I'm afraid to find out the truth...? But...... why?

He gets to his feet.

Innkeeper
You awake?
Those people were so worried that they stayed by your side until you woke up.
You sure do have good friends.

Cloud walks outside.

Tifa
Cloud...

Barret
Hey, how are you?
I just wanna know, which is it gonna be?
You wanna find out about yourself? Or are you afraid to find out?
Either way, you stay around here and about all you can do is worry about it.
Even if you do go nuts again when you see Sephiroth... If it happens, it happens.
I'll go upside your spikey white head and bring you back to normal!

Tifa
Cloud, it'll be all right. We're all with you.

Cloud
But...

Barret
If it happens, it happens. Dont worry 'bout it.

Cloud
...You're... right. ......He's right, isn't he?

Tifa
Come on, let's go and find Aeris...?

Together, they leave Gongaga to search for Aeris.

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