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Subs: charoplet
Each reunion is a twist of the knife. The joy is ephemeral; it leaves fear in its wake...
A fear that all too soon the time will come when you must bid farewell again.
Yet you cannot help but long for the next encounter.
Humanity's great frailty... We prefer past happiness to future uncertainty.
So this is what the end of the world looks like.
Are they going to destroy the planet?
I don't know. But if the world does end here...
...my future should never have happened. Which means there must be a way to stop them.
Serah? What is it? What's wrong?
The daughters of the sundered cocoon are sacrificed to beasts that warp time itself.
The pillar crumbles to ashen sand and down to earth the cocoon does fall.
Serah... Serah? Serah!
No!
Wait! Serah! What's wrong?
What did she see?
Snow! Is that really you?
I-I can't believe it!
Serah? Am I dreamin' again?
Dream or not, you gotta get outta here!
Thanks, Noel!
I'll give you a hand!
No! I'll hold it off, you get outta here!
Hey, kiddin'? With Serah watching?I don't think so.
Fine. We'll do it together!
Get close, I'll cover you!
Don't be a fool!
C'mon, trust me!
Not bad, eh?
This jelly bean's tickin' me off!
C'mon, all together!
Now!
With ya!
Yeah, do it!
See if you like this!
Serah!
Shoot!
Got it!
Hit it!
Yeah!
It just won't stay dead!
Let's go!
Yeah. We'll hit it hard while it's down and...
No! I mean, we get out of here!
Look, that way!
Come on, Snow. Let's go!
Listen. Hotheads who can't back down don't last long on this planet.
Maybe. But sometimes, you've gotta make a stand.
You're not listening to me. Humans aren't strong. The die easy.
Well, some of us are tougher than others.
Anyway, thanks for the help. You got a name?
Er... This is Noel.
And this is Snow. We're getting married!
It's on hold for now.
You know, somehow I didn't expect you to be such a hothead.
All I hear is what a great guy Snow is. And look where you are, all the way in the future.
I'm sorry, who's the hothead? What were you thinkin', bringing Serah out here?
Listen, Snow...
Guess what, Lightning? I found Snow again.
He hasn't changed a bit. Still as reckless as ever, still doing his own thing.
To think I spent all that time worrying about him. Stupid me. Guess I'll never learn.
...And that's how we got here.
Now it's your turn.
Why did you up and leave Serah? What are you doing, fighting here in the future?
You really wanna know?
I asked, didn't I?
Lightning appeared in my dreams, too. Can you believe it?
You saw Lightning?
She told me I had to protect Cocoon.
So I started jumping through time, checking things out. I learned that the giant jelly bean back there knocks Cocoon down.
You mean the flan we just fought?
According to the stories I heard, back in my own time, Cocoon was brought down by war.
Well, there's more than just one cause. Did'ya see what it was doin', that flan?
It's melting the crystal of the pillar, bit by bit.
But Vanille and Fang, they're inside it.
Yeah. So Cocoon starts to get unstable.
People feel the tremors and begin to panic. Next thing you know, everyone's fightin' each other.
It's consistent with what I know... sort of.
I can't believe Lightning appeared in your dreams as well.
She told you to protect Cocoon's pillar, so she must want you to save Vanille and Fang.
Like I said, sometimes you've gotta make a stand. I don't have a choice.
My mission is to stop that thing for good.
Are Vanille and Fang still safe?
If the stories about Cocoon collapsing are true, we'd better hurry!
No worries. I got it covered. That's why Lightning asked me.
She knew she could rely on me to protect them and the pillar — 100%.
I'll help you!
So will I. There's no telling how many people will die if Cocoon falls.
None of this makes sense.
There're thousands of flan appearing out nowhere, and they're fusing and creating a beast that shouldn't exist.
Could it be a paradox?
If it is, we'll need to do some traveling to fix it.
Which means you've gotta find an artefact first.
Lightning did you meet Snow in his dreams?
Is there a reason why you can only talk to us when we sleep?
Snow hasn't changed one bit, even though it's been years since I last saw him.
He's still as hotheaded as the day we said good-bye. It makes me so mad.
But it's a relief, too. I've been caught up in the fate of the world for so long.
It feels good to worry about the simple stuff. Being with Snow helped me forget about what the future might hold.
This is crystal, too.
I've seen crystals like this before. Right, Serah? You remember, don't you?
I remember... I cried a crystal tear.
Serah,(you know what it's like, don't you? Being turned into crystal.
Yes, I know. It was the loneliest, scariest moment of my life.
Serah, I...
It's all right. You know, I think I dreamed the whole time.
But they were good dreams. Dreams about turning back to normal. Being with my friends again.
I hope that's true.
I hope Fang and Vanille are dreaming right now. I hope they're happy in there.
Fang and Vanille, they were friends of yours?
And now they're... sleeping inside that crystal pillar?
Yeah. They've turned to crystal.
End of the road. We have to turn back.
Come on. No way we can take that.
Hey! Furball! Over here!
Don't encourage it!
Hey, big guy. We need to get through this valley. Mind givin' us a ride?
I don't think it heard you.
No answer. Guess I'll take that, as a yes.
It'll swallow you whole!
Well, let's find out.
Bouncy.
Is it angry?
I don't think so. I think he actually likes it.
He just had an itch that needed scratchin'. Come aboard; help me out!
Thank you, Mog.
He's a weird little critter. Looks like he stepped right out of Nautilus! Hey there, feller.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. He's like a theme park mascot.
What's a theme park?
Well, it's a place where people go to just go on rides and have fun.
I guess you only have them when times are peaceful and prosperous. Not like where you're from.
Where do you come from, anyway?
A place that doesn't have much in the way of fun or civilization. That's where I'm from.
Kind of reminds me of Vanille and Fang. Come to think of it, he's a lot like 'em.
Really? How so?
They were born on Gran Pulse, just like you. Back then, on Cocoon, that was really unusual.
We have things in common.
I'll make sure to introduce them to you. One of these days.
I wonder where this one goes.
Okey-dokey. Let's check out the future.
Not you.
Say what?
For every road, there is a different gate. Somehow, I don't think this one's yours.
Wait, you mean, Snow can't go through?
Just watch me.
Ouch.
Okay not my gate. I can take a hint.
Guess I'm stayin' here then.
Don't do anything I would. You take care.
I will.
You're the one who's got to look after himself. We won't be here to bail you out next time.
So don't go chasing any more monsters, you hear?
Snow, we mean it. No heroics, okay?
I know, I know.
Catch ya later.
No heroics, huh?