- Gongaga
- * Mourner 1: ... No matter how much I pray, it won't bring our grandson back...
- * Mourner 2: A reactor explosion 3 years ago took my husband...
- * Mourner 2: Do people really need reactors to live? Aren't there more important things in life?
- Weapon shop
- * Store owner: You want something?
- * Buy weapons?
- * Hear a story?
- Store owner: It's been a while since the explosion, but you can still find the pieces it left all over town.
- * Nothing in particular
- Accessory shop
- * Store owner: Huh, did you want something?
- * Buy accessories?
- * Hear a story?
- Store owner: We voted to outlaw the use of Mako energy and live with nature, ever since the explosion.
- * Nothing in particular
- Item shop
- * Store owner: Oh, you here to shop?
- * Buy items?
- * Hear a story?
- Store owner: Shinra built the reactor, without even thinking about the town's safety. And, this is the result.
- * Nothing in particular
- Large house
- * Man: This is Gongaga Village. Many people died here in a Mako reactor explosion.
- Man: The Shinra people told us that everyone would be happy once the reactor was built. But all it brought us was sadness...
- Zack's house
- Man: You a traveller? Hey wait, that glow in your eye... Are you in SOLDIER?
- Woman: Oh, you're right! Don't you know anything about our son?
- Man: His name is Zack.
- Woman: It's been close to 10 years since he left for the city, saying that he didn't want to live in the country...
- Man: He left saying he's going to join SOLDIER. You ever hear of a Zack in SOLDIER?
- Cloud: Hmmm...I don't know.
- Aerith: Zack...
- Man: Young lady, you know him?
- Woman: I remember he wrote us 6 or 7 years ago saying that he had a girlfriend. Could that have been you?
- Aerith: That can't...
- She leaves.
- Tifa: Zack...
- As does she.
- Cloud: What happened to you two?
- * Man: Have you ever met someone in SOLDIER named Zack?
- * Woman: I can't believe he hasn't contacted us in 10 years...! ...After all, we're his parents.
- Gongaga
- * Tifa: Zack...
- Cloud: Do you know him?
- Tifa: N, no, I don't know him!
- Cloud: Your face tells me differently.
- Tifa: I told you, I don't!
- Cloud: All right.
- Tifa: ...
- Tifa: That sounds just like you, leaving town, and saying 'I'm joining SOLDIER!'.
- Cloud: There were a lot of guys like that back then.
- Tifa: You must really be something making it in SOLDIER out of a group like that. I really respect you...
- * I just got lucky
- * I worked hard for it
- Tifa: Hard work pays off, huh.
- Tifa: Cloud, thanks for caring.
- * Aerith
- Cloud: Aerith...
- Aerith: What a shock... I didn't know Zack was from this town.
- Cloud: You know him?
- Aerith: Didn't I tell you? He was my first love.
- Cloud: ...
- Aerith: Zack... SOLDIER First Class. Same as Cloud.
- Cloud: Strange, there aren't that many who make First Class, but I've never heard of him.
- Aerith: That's all right. It's all in the past now. I was just worried because I heard he's been missing.
- Cloud: Missing?
- Aerith: It was five years ago. He went out on a job, and never came back.
- Aerith: He loved women, a real lady's man. He probably found someone else...
- Aerith: Hey? What's wrong?
- * Poor guy
- Aerith: I don't really mind that I haven't heard from him. But I feel for his parents.
- * ...jealous...envious...
- Aerith: Let's go, Cloud.
