[Tifa's expression lights up when he says their names.]

Barret and Marlene.

[There's so much warmth when she mentions them, and that cold dread that had found its way through the cracks in her heart is slowly chased away, making room for the care and love she has for her family waiting for her back on Gaia.]

There was Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge, too. When I went to Midgar, they were my first friends I made.

[Was. But even though it's hard to think back on it now, she wants to honour them by cherishing the good times that they had together, rather than the last.]

They'd come by the steamed bun stand all the time. To be honest? I think I was kind of jealous that they all seemed so close for a while...