[Absorbed isn't exactly the right word. Aerith had become a guardian of sorts of the Lifestream. But ShinRa can't know everything, can it? ...can it. Frankly she thinks it needs to end. It's time for a re-haul, Rufus! Are you listening?]

So I'm not dead anymore.

[Or...for now, rather. She smiles faintly, mysteriously, unafraid of either outcome. She has already experienced the worst of it, right?]

I don't know. I wasn't expecting it or working on it. I was fine in the Lifestream.

[Anyone would be curious!]

I'm not sure I will be the only one who is brought back.