Final Fantasy XIII

"Lightning: An Ark?"

"Fang: That what they called 'em. Long ago, the fal'Cie who made their home on Gran Pulse were afraid of invasion from the outside. As part of their battle preparations, they created an army living weapons. And they stored those weapons in Arks, and they hide the Arks all over the world. Everyone on Gran Pulse knew the legend."

"Sazh: Not Cie'th, but monsters all the same."

"Hope: Think of it as training for the fight ahead."

"Fang: Why are you here?"

"Lightning: Raines! You traitor!"

"Fang: You’re a l’Cie!?"

"Cid: Since long before we met. I did my best to assist you as bid by the Sanctum fal'Cie. Now do you understand? The fal'Cie haved watched over you, guiding your every step. The 'luck' that saved you time and again was a deliberate machination. Why, you may ask? The Primarch--or should I say Barthandelus--is crafting you into the instruments of Cocoon's demise."

"Snow: I don't think so. All Raines did was try to save Cocoon in his way. His own way!"

"Vanille: (narrating) I think Raines was searching--searching for a way to make us understand. To understand the frustration of being a l'Cie---a l'Cie bound to a Focus. And maybe... what it meant to be human."

"Snow: Way out? Who said there was one? Bring it on. My mind is made up.Maybe I will end up a Cie'th. But until rake happens, I'm gonna make Serah proud. I couldn't bring myself to admit that this tear meant good-bye. And that's why I kept searching for her. But I didn't need to. Serah was here the whole time. Right here, watching over me, Now I get it. What this tear's been telling me is to not let our Focus win.It's not the fal'Cie we should listen to. It's Serah, and Raines. Do you know why? Because our Focus doesn't matter! What matter to me is that we protect Cocoon, whatever it takes!"

"Vanille: Same here. I'll help you do it."

"Fang: Let Cocoon gets what's coming. They hate us for being l'Cie. What's it to me if they die? Better that than watch a friend go Cie'th! If you don't have the nerve for it, I'll do it myself. Go on alone, get stronger, and smash Cocoon out of the sky!"

"Fang: (as her mark reacts) You turn Cie'th, and there's no coming back! I'm not...letting it end that way."

"Snow: That thing's here to help us?"

"Fang: Yeah, 'help.' That's what Eidolons do, they help us. Eidolons are our salvation. If we can't decide what to do next, they come put us out of our misery!"

"Hope: I made him a promise.I promised him to keep going, and do what I had to. He said only I would know what that was. The world's full of lies. There's no way of knowing what's right. All we can do believe on ourselves It's easy to sit back and let people trick you. Like how the Sanctum had us all thinking that a l'Cie was some sort of monster. I'm done with their lies. Fal'Cie, this whole Focus thing. From here on out I use my own eyes. Think. And act. I might not make all the right choices. But as long as I'm the one who decided what to do, there's nothing regret."

"Sazh: Okay. All right. Let's do it! I'm with you, bad choices and all!"

"Vanille: (narrating) No one ever said the future would be easy. But I think we all saw the glimmer of a dream, somewhere in the sky that night. The tiniest spark of hope that we can change our fate. Who could say? That moment has come and gone."

"Fang: Home sweet home. Welcome to Gran Pulse."

"Vanille: But...we could go a little further."

"Sazh: Meaning?"

"Fang: Vanille! Are you sure?"

"Vanille: I'm sure."

"Fang: Mention ordeals, and look what comes along!"

"Lightning: This is not an ordeal, this a gift! Hope, this the kind of power you've got inside. And it's telling you not to give up. Trust me."

"Hope: You mean, that came from me?"

"Sazh: That's some beast you tamed, I'll tell you that."

"Hope: I'll ask for help earlier next time"

"Vanille: I told you. On Gran Pulse, we're all family. You can moan all you like, but you're stuck with us."

"Fang: Listen, funnyman, don't call this place hell, all right?"

"Lightning: So, we're decided then?"

"Vanille: About what? Something complicated?"

"Hope: I was just taking it all in. The sky here, the trees, the sunlight, the smells..When I was on Cocoon, I never dreamed a place like this could even exist. But now? Here I am, on Pulse. If I hadn't gone to those fireworks, if I hadn't been sitting in that same train car during the Purge...If anything had been different, I'd never have had a chance to see this."

"Hope: Uh..really? I...When did I do that?"

"Vanille: Oh, I don't know. How about another lifetime?"

"Sazh: You keep growing like that, you'll be bigger than me before long, won't you? Maybe it'd be beast to just say good bye here"

"Sazh: Jeesh! I was just kidding! Yeah, I know. You're sticking with me till Daj wakes up. Could be a long wait. No one knows."

"Fang: Didn't want to interrupt. And, you know...I didn't quite know where to begin,"

"Sazh: You don't have to begin anywhere. What happened to Dajh...wasn't your fault."

"Vanille: Now you're thinking Grand Pulse style."

"Fang: It's my fault Gran Pulse ended up like this, isn't it? I remember everything. I became Ragnarok. I scarred Cocoon. And I left Gran Pulse in this mess, It was me."

"Fang: It all came to me. Everything that happened with our Focus. All of it."

"Vanille: You're lying."

"Fang: I knew something was off. You've been shying away from our Focus even since we woke up on Cocoon."

"Vanille: I.."

"Vanille: It wasn't fair. You had to do all the horrible stuff and I didn't have to so anything--"

"Fang: That is no reason to lie to me! You think that's what I want? You of all people!"

"Vanille: (crying) I'm so sorry."

"Galenth: The puppet is restrung to serve my needs, yes."