Part 58: The Seventh Intermission
Update 58: The Seventh Intermission (Polsy) Datalogs
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The Will of the Dead
The dead all lived once, but now they are returned to the Chaos. And out of the Chaos came Cid Raines to speak on their behalf.
He revealed a startling truth. Vanille has the power to summon the souls of the dead, and lead them on to the new world. The power to save the dead — it is a power that even the savior herself does not possess. But Vanille, in the hands of the Order, is determined instead to perform the Soulsong and erase all of the lost souls from existence.
Raines told Lightning that she must make the millions of dead her allies if she wishes to defeat God in battle. He instructed her to entrust them with her wishes, through her bond with the one person she loves above all others. She needs Serah to do this thing for her — but she still does not know where Serah's soul has gone.
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People: Cid Raines
A man who once defied the orders of the gods and hoped to set mankind free. He died an unnatural death while working towards this goal.
General Raines was a military man, working for Cocoon's Guardian Corps. He wished to defeat the fal'Cie, powerful servants of the gods, and return to humanity control of its own fate. He lost that fight, and in the cruel irony that gods so love, he was turned into a puppet for the fal'Cie. He faced Lightning as an enemy, when they should have been allies.
He may have met a tragic end, but his wish to see the people free lived on in those who followed after him. For Lightning, Raines was both a bitter enemy and a comrade in the great fight against the gods.