"I don't know how anyone could have expected what's happening in Mideel, but Mom probably won't be surprised that I'm one of the people who returned. She knows what a restless spirit I am." It's a figure of speech, but a fairly apt description of her time post-death. There had been too much to do for that whole "rest in peace" bit. "So yeah, hopefully she won't be too shocked."

There's probably still going to be a little shock.

"Exploring is good! But, you're not going to find Midgar. Just the ruins." Aerith's smile turns wistful at that. "It was destroyed about three years ago. Meteor, an ancient spell of destruction, threatened to destroy the Planet. Another magic repelled it, with the power of the Lifestream, but they collided over Midgar. Edge was made with the wreckage, or so I've heard. Midgar was the biggest city in the world, and it's where I lived pretty much all my life, so...yeah, you could say a lot's changed. I tend to roll with the punches, though."

Just don't ask her to roll with katanas.