[There's a stretch of silence, filled only by the sound of her breathing growing more stilted as the seconds press on, and all she hears is the blood roaring in her ears as she remembers how the dream ended, and the reason why she started awake so afraid and short of breath.]

When I saw you there... with me in your arms, and I was...

[The word dies on Tifa's tongue when she can't bring herself to say it out loud. Unconsciously, her hand goes up to her chest, and then her fingers circle around her throat.]

I felt the blood... those cuts opening up again like I still had them...