"She's coming up on twenty now. I'm worried," he says softly, "that I'm going to miss her birthday. Yuffie would be disappointed in me."

And she'd make his life miserable, right? But he pushes on, trying to smile once more. But he takes her question seriously, silent for a moment. Then he nods to himself, because frankly, he thinks he gets it, just a little.

"That's why they want us. To understand such outlooks I think. People who have saved their worlds, people who are going to save their worlds. Heroes and villains. People who don't give up in the face of danger. They want to understand that. To what end I don't know. But I think that's what they desire."