"But...you are connected..." All this made sense while she was talking to the damned thing. "It asked, "which of us is the life of Cloud?' I didn't know how to answer, and so Aerith came. Well, after I mentioned she knew you."

She sighs, resting her head against his shoulder. "The Echo allows two souls to understand each other, a couple of dozen souls...in an entity that could be called divine? I can't completely get it. Both of them called me a Sacred Life...it was a new one for me."