[Tifa can only laugh at the compliment, not quite sure how to take it. If this were anyone else back home, she might have kicked their teeth in, but... Zidane gets a pass on that. At least it's proof that no matter what universe he's in, he hasn't changed a bit, and she's grateful for that.

But her laugh quickly fades, if one can even call it that in the first place, when he apologizes again, and she rushes forward to throw her arms around his shoulders, just like when they'd reunited for the first time in Celliwig, and holds him tight.]

Don't be. It's not your fault.

[And when she lets go, she smiles for him again, even if it is a little forced. Maybe it's better that she tells him the truth? Better to just rip off the band aid than beat around the bush?]

Somewhere else, in another world, you and I are already friends. [ ... ] I'm sorry. I shouldn't have expected anything from you...