[ Maybe not exactly what it sounds like, with 'dying' a bit misleading, but in reality that's probably about as true as anything else- go Cie'th, and she loses who she is, her entire existence driven by regret. And once that happens, something will have to finish her off, or she'll just... keep attacking everything else around her. There really isn't a way around it. ]
It's... a long story.
[ Yeah, not that Lightning still has much idea how to go about answering Aerith's question. At this point though, she suddenly seems to realize something, narrows her eyes, and steps past the other woman to pick something up out of the snow a short distance away: Aerith's journal, which she then makes sure is closed. This is not a conversation that she wants overheard. ]
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It's... a long story.
[ Yeah, not that Lightning still has much idea how to go about answering Aerith's question. At this point though, she suddenly seems to realize something, narrows her eyes, and steps past the other woman to pick something up out of the snow a short distance away: Aerith's journal, which she then makes sure is closed. This is not a conversation that she wants overheard. ]