[Stops and turns on Zack, pointing at him.] You don't know what I deserve. You weren't there. My friends couldn't trust me and for damn good reason, and I still let them down. After I begged them to come with me.

I'm not helpless or- or some unfortunate victim. I was weak, Zack. I was weak-spirited, weak-willed, and I blamed the world around me for being unfair. Nobody else gets a pass for having a shitty life, I'm not going to grab for one just because you and Aerith are two of the kindest people on the Planet.