Mars: Brent... I... I'm so sorry... What have I done?
Brent: Don't blame yourself. You had no control over your actions.
Mars: But... a part of me inside was awake and yet, I just stood by and watched...
Brent: Where's Friday?
Mars: Beyond those doors! We must hurry!
Hey, we're in that room we've seen in cutscenes a couple of times!
Brent yanks Friday out of the way just as the guillotine blade drops.
Music: Theme of LoveI'll get her to a Namingway as soon as I can, folks.
Friday: I knew you'd come.
huehuehuehuehuehuehuehue
Brent and Friday share a long smooch, censored to a mere embrace in the SNES release.
Friday: Brent...
Mars ...
Niku: You realized what!? Be a man! Spit it out!
This game's version of Cid might be an abrasive old fart who is outclassed by pretty much every other character in the game, but he gets major points from me for this line alone. Every Japanese-made piece of media needs someone like him now.
Not shown between the tiny sprites and his concealing helmet: Kain's look of utter emotional wounding at having been entirely ignored by Rosa up to this point.
Brent: He's okay now. Mongrel's Meteor broke Golbez's spell.
Mars: But I was still aware. And yet... Friday... I wanted to keep you close at any cost!
Friday: Mars...
Mars: ...
Brent: ...
Friday: Let's fight together, Mars.
Mars: After all that I've done... It's too late.
Pff, save your journey of self-redemption for the epilogue, like Leon did!
Cid/Niku karma++
Brent: We need your help more than ever.
Mars: Brent... Friday... Thank you.
Don't ask who put it on her. Anyway, it's wise to equip Friday with any gear you've got -- perhaps you had the foresight to take Mongrel's equipment before his fatal showdown -- before moving even a single step.
Yeah, that's good stuff.