Part 116: Post-Intermission
: Besides which, he took his research sample and slipped out of the base in the confusion...
: (.........)
: Looks like we'll get better information from Gallia, the Innocent's main base of power.
: Indeed. But before that, there's something I'd like to take...
: Oh, yes. Alright then, Brother... Let us head for the next stage.
[SCENE CHANGE]
: Caris... Hold on...
: Tifa... I was a fool... But I'm glad you're okay...
: Caris! C'mon, pull yourself together!
: Not good! He's fading fast! Get him to the Freeden, quickly!
[SCENE CHANGE]
: My, my... I wasn't expecting you to come in pairs.
: How's he... How's Caris holding up?
: Don't worry, his life's in no danger, though it will be a while before he fully recovers.
: Thank goodness...
: But...
: What... Is there something else?
: Well, actually...
[Some time passes...]
: Synapse Syndrome?
: Yes. You could call it the price of becoming an artificial Newtype... He should have experienced intense headaches on a monthly cycle.
: Headaches? You mean, back then, it could've been... That's... Did he even...?
: He seems to have been aware of it... He's been ranting deliriously.
: (So they suffer the same burdens as Cyber Newtypes...)
: It's the heavy cross he bears, having embraced the illusion of Newtypes...
: No... That's not it.
: Garrod...
: When I lost to him and Tifa got abducted... I wanted Newtype powers, too. Everyone wants power. The same thing applies to anyone else...!
: Garrod...
: At any rate... I can give him emergency care, but it wouldn't be safe to keep him on board the Freeden. He needs total rest.
: Then, what should we do?
: I'll leave him with a doctor I know, someone reliable. We can await his recovery there.
[SCENE CHANGE]
: What is it, Tifa?
: When I was in Fort Severn with Caris... There was another woman there...
: A woman?
: Rosamy!? Tifa, is that true!?
: Yes...
: Where is she now!?
: I think she was taken someplace by Mayor Nomoa...
: N-no... And just when we thought Caris was saved... This time it's Rosamy...!?