"...Dyne .... Is that you?"
(Cloud, Barret, and the others travel north from Corel Prison to the junkyard. At the north side of the junkyard, they meet Dyne, who his shooting his gun-arm at random things. The ground is littered with debris, and the gives way at a cliff's edge into a deep gorge. There are two crosses, one large and one small, crudely stuck into the ground by the cliff's edge.)
Barret
"...Dyne .... Is that
you?"
(Dyne looks up)
Dyne
"Now that's a voice
I haven't heard in years..."
(Dyne comes toward Barret. He is limping.)
Dyne
"A voice I'll never
forget..."
Barret
"I always hoped I'd
be able to see you again someday..."
"I knew you were alive
somewhere... we had the same operation."
"Listen to me Dyne.
I want to..."
(Barret walks toward Dyne. Dyne fires at him and he stops.)
Dyne
"What's that? ...I
hear her voice."
Barret
"......?"
Dyne
"I hear her voice,
Eleanor's voice. Begging me... not to hate your rotten guts."
(He looks down.)
Dyne
"That's why I didn't
hunt you down..."
Barret
"I know I was stupid.
I'm not asking you to forgive me."
"But... What're you
doin' in a place like this?"
"Why ya wanna kill
those that ain't even involved? Why?"
(Dyne lifts his good arm)
Dyne
"....Why!? The hell
do you care for!?"
(He points at Barret)
Dyne
"Are the people killed
going to understand 'why'? Are the people of Corel going to understand
just hearing Shinra's excuses?"
(He lifts his other arm.)
Dyne
"I don't CARE what
the reason is!"
(He lowers it)
Dyne
"All they give us
are artillery and stupid excuses... What's left is a world of despair and
emptiness..."
Barret
"........"
Dyne
"You still want to
hear 'why'? ...All right, I'll tell you."
(He limps away from Barret.)
Dyne
"'Cause I want to
destroy everything."
(He shoots at something.)
Dyne
"The people of this
city."
(He limps back and shoots again.)
Dyne
"This city itself."
(He shoots at Barret's feet three times. Barret cringes with each.)
Dyne
"The whole world!"
(Dyne turns away)
Dyne
"I got nothing left
in this world. Corel, Eleanor...... Marlene......"
Barret
"Dyne, Marlene......
Marlene's still alive."
(Dyne looks over his shoulder at Barret)
Dyne
"........?"
Barret
"I went back into
town. I thought she was gone for sure."
"That is why I wanted
to be by her side till the end."
"That's when I found
her..... ...found Marlene."
Dyne
"..."
Barret
"She's in Midgar.
Let's go see her together, all right?"
Dyne
"So...... she's still
alive..."
"All right, Barret.
I guess that means you and I gotta fight."
Barret
"What!?"
(Dyne turns back toward Barret)
Dyne
"Eleanor's alone all
by herself. I've got to take Marlene to her."
Barret
"Dyne.... are you
insane!?"
Dyne
"Marlene wants to
see her Mom, don't she?"
(Dyne starts firing directly at Barret. Barret tries to block the bullets with his arms)
Barret
"Stop, Dyne! I can't
die yet!"
(Dyne stops.)
Dyne
"Oh yeah? Well my
life's been over ever since then."
(He starts firing again)
Barret
"Stop it! I don't
wanna fight you!"
(The camera pans down to show Cloud again.)
Cloud
"Barret!"
Barret
"Cloud, you stay the
hell out of it! This is MY problem!!"
(Boss battle with Dyne)
(Dyne falls to his knees. Barret runs toward him)
Dyne
"Back!!"
(He gets up and limps over near the cliff's edge. He leans against a piece of broken metal.)
Dyne
"...it wasn't just
my arm...... back then...."
"I lost something
irreplaceable. I don't know where I went wrong..."
Barret
"Dyne..... I don't
know either, man."
"Is this the only
way... we can resolve this?"
Dyne
"I told you... I...
I want to destroy everything..."
"Everything... This
crazy world... Even me..."
Barret
"An' what about Marlene?
What's gonna happen to her!?"
Dyne
"Think about it...
Barret... How old was Marlene back then...?"
"Even if I did go
to her now... she wouldn't even know me..."
"And what's more...
Barret...."
(He looks at his hands.)
Dyne
"These hands are a
little too stained to carry Marlene anymore..."
(Barret looks down.)
Barret
"......"
Dyne
"Barret..."
(Barret straightens. Dyne tosses something to him.)
Dyne
"Give that pendant
to Marlene... It was... Eleanors's... my wife's... memento..."
Barret
"All right..."
Dyne
"...wow... Marlene's...
already..... 4......"
(Dyne limps over to the cliff's edge. Many rays of sunlight break through the clouds overhead, striking the ground below the two crude crosses.)
Dyne
"Barret.... Don't...
make... .....Don't ever make Marlene..... cry..."
Barret
"Dyne...?"
(Barret runs forward.)
Barret
"Dyne!"
(Dyne falls backwards, his arms outstretched, off the cliff's edge.)
Barret
"Dy--------ne!!"
(He falls to his knees.)
Barret
"...Dyne. Me an' you
were the same..."
"My hands ain't any
cleaner.... I shouldn't be able to carry.... Marlene either...."
"Uuuuurrrrgghh!!!"
(The camera pans upwards, showing Barret raising his arms to the sky.
The sun shines on the forest in the distance. The screen fades to black.)
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