[ It's a shame, honestly. This little girl is cute, deceptively so, in fact. So Ann can get behind how difficult it is to take into account that this is, in fact, not actually a child and that at some point, they're either going to have to dispatch it, or back off.

It makes her heart ache, listening to those words. She doesn't know Tifa very well, has no idea how this little girl is tied to her, but it hurts. ]

It's not really... her. This is a Shadow, manipulating the form of your loved one to deceive you. She's... part of your cognition, too. Don't let that sweet face and those tears fool you, Tifa-san...