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Square Enix shared new details about Aerith and Cloud’s first encounter in Final Fantasy VII Remake. It goes over how Aerith knew that Cloud was ex-SOLDIER and a mercenary, and her strange memories of the future. Throughout all of FFVII Remake, Aerith seems to know things that haven’t happened yet. The company explained this is because of strange memories that she has that the Whispers are trying to take away from her.
The tweet shared by the FFVII Remake Twitter account answered the question of why Aerith called Cloud a jack-of-all-trades when they meet Reno at the beginning of Chapter 8. In the English localization of the game, Aerith instead called Cloud a mercenary, to which she added that she guessed he is one from his Buster Sword.
The answer revealed that, in FFVII Remake, Aerith possesses vague memories that she shouldn’t have of future events that haven’t happened yet. Because of this, she knows some things about Cloud and the others before meeting them.
When Aerith calls Cloud a jack-of-all-trades (or mercenary), she is doing so unintentionally because of one of these memories she has, as she somehow “remembered” this about Cloud. Additionally, during the course of the game, every time one of the Whispers touches her, they are taking some of these memories away from her.
You can check out the original tweet here:
【Scenario Staff Q&A】
Q：エアリスがクラウドに「ね、なんでも屋さん？」と呼びかけたことがト書きで「失言」と書かれているということは、彼女はクラウドがなんでも屋であるとすでに知っていたのでしょうか？CHAPTER 12でのティファとの会話も合わせてご覧ください。🌸#FF7R #FF7R_inter pic.twitter.com/cmzKr8CunC
— FFVII REMAKE (@FFVIIR_CLOUD) July 24, 2023
Additionally, the tweet shared a conversation between Aerith and Tifa from Chapter 12, where Aerith knows that Tifa is going to ask her to save Marlene before Tifa has the chance to finish saying it.
Square Enix recently shared more information about Aerith’s strange memories and powers in the FFVII Remake, and addressed the vision she and Marlene shared at the Seventh Heaven bar,
Final Fantasy VII Remake is available for the PS4, PS5, and Windows PC.
