__**Before the Final Battle (Prison Island - Corridor of Silence)**__ Fiora: Something wrong, Shulk? You look like you’re a million miles away.\\ Shulk: …\\ Fiora: Shulk? You in there?\\ Shulk: Oh! Hey, Fiora! What’s up?\\ Fiora: Hellooo. I just asked you that! You feeling OK?\\ Shulk: Sorry. I was just thinking…\\ Fiora: You’ve been like this since we got here.\\ Shulk: Haha. You don’t miss a thing, do you?\\ Fiora: Nope. And I know exactly what’s been on your mind. __[It’s Dickson, isn’t it?]__ –\\ Shulk: No, not just him. But that’s partly it.\\ Fiora: It’s not easy. We all thought of him as our friend.\\ Shulk: I just don’t know anymore, Fiora. One second I resent him and the next I remember who he is… What am I supposed to feel? I don’t know anymore…\\ Fiora: It must be hard to think about fighting him.\\ Shulk: Very. I just hope there’s some way I can avoid it…\\ Fiora: __[I’m sure there will be!]__ –\\ Shulk: Really? That sounds… unlikely.\\ Fiora: If it’s gonna be too tough for you, why make it hard on yourself? He was like a father to you, right? Let us take care of him instead. You can hang back, wait for us!\\ Shulk: I know what you’re saying, Fiora. But I can’t let you do that. I’ve been thinking about what happened before… And I reckon maybe Dickson doesn’t care about Zanza at all…\\ Fiora: What makes you say that?\\ Shulk: I think… he just wants to kill me. He’s realised that I don’t need the Monado to defeat him. And that scares him. That’s why he wants to end this.\\ Fiora: There’s no going back now….\\ Shulk: No. We move forward or perish. We got ourselves into this mess, we have to get ourselves out.\\ Fiora: I wish there could be another way. You were like father and son…\\ Shulk: Fiora…\\ Fiora: Sorry, Shulk. I didn’t mean to upset you. Changing the subject… Why don’t we go find the others? They’re probably waiting for us.\\ Fiora: Something wrong, Shulk? You look like you’re a million miles away.\\ Shulk: …\\ Fiora: Shulk? You in there?\\ Shulk: Oh! Hey, Fiora! What’s up?\\ Fiora: Hellooo. I just asked you that! You feeling OK?\\ Shulk: Sorry. I was just thinking…\\ Fiora: You’ve been like this since we got here.\\ Shulk: Haha. You don’t miss a thing, do you?\\ Fiora: Nope. And I know exactly what’s been on your mind. __[It’s Dickson, isn’t it?]__ –\\ Shulk: No, not just him. But that’s partly it.\\ Fiora: It’s not easy. We all thought of him as our friend.\\ Shulk: I just don’t know anymore, Fiora. One second I resent him and the next I remember who he is… What am I supposed to feel? I don’t know anymore…\\ Fiora: It must be hard to think about fighting him.\\ Shulk: Very. I just hope there’s some way I can avoid it…\\ Fiora: __[There might not be…]__ +\\ Shulk: Yeah. Deep down I know we have to go through him to get to Zanza.\\ Fiora: That’s right, Shulk. He won’t stand down for anyone. Not even you.\\ Shulk: Don’t worry. I’ll give as good as I get. Even if that means he has to die…\\ Fiora: And I’ll be right by your side, ready to fight to the end with you. But I don’t think you should forget about all the good times you had. With Dickson, I mean. I still believe those are real.\\ Shulk: You do?\\ Fiora: It’s complicated, I know. Sometimes you just wish you could forget all the bad memories. But you have to keep hold of them. The good ones and the bad… They’re all tied together.\\ Shulk: Fiora… I… I know what you mean. I won’t let go of those memories.\\ Fiora: Um, Shulk… You won’t ever forget about me, will you?\\ Shulk: Hey, where did that come from? I could never, ever forget about you.\\ Fiora: Yeah, I guess not. Sorry. Now, let’s go and find the others. They’re probably getting worried.\\ Fiora: Something wrong, Shulk? You look like you’re a million miles away.\\ Shulk: …\\ Fiora: Shulk? You in there?\\ Shulk: Oh! Hey, Fiora! What’s up?\\ Fiora: Hellooo. I just asked you that! You feeling OK?\\ Shulk: Sorry. I was just thinking…\\ Fiora: You’ve been like this since we got here.\\ Shulk: Haha. You don’t miss a thing, do you?\\ Fiora: Nope. And I know exactly what’s been on your mind. __[You’re worried about me.]__ +\\ Shulk: Yes. How did you know?\\ Fiora: All I had to do was look at your face. I could feel the worry…\\ Shulk: Just by looking at me?! That’s pretty amazing.\\ Fiora: I was joking, Shulk! Hehe! Thank you, though. But I’ve been feeling much better, so stop worrying so much!\\ Shulk: Well… if you’re feeling better…\\ Fiora: Hey, Shulk… Do you think I’ll ever be 100% Homs again?\\ Shulk: No doubt! Of course you will. I will make it happen.\\ Fiora: __[I know you can’t promise that.]__ – I know you think you can do it all, but even you have your limits.\\ Shulk: You don’t believe me? Come on!\\ Fiora: **I’m not saying you’re lying, Shulk! I wish you’d listen sometimes!**\\ Shulk: OK! OK already! I’m really sorry, Fiora. I just don’t want you to be worried. I know I have the power to see this through. That’s my promise to you, Fiora.\\ Fiora: Really? You promise?\\ Shulk: Yep. And have you ever known me to go back on a promise?\\ Fiora: Hehe. I guess not. Thank you, Shulk. You’ve filled me with hope.\\ Shulk: I’m glad you say that. I know it’s tough, but you can never give up hope. When this is all over… When there’s peace at last…\\ Fiora: You don’t have to say another word. I trust you, Shulk.\\ Fiora: Something wrong, Shulk? You look like you’re a million miles away.\\ Shulk: …\\ Fiora: Shulk? You in there?\\ Shulk: Oh! Hey, Fiora! What’s up?\\ Fiora: Hellooo. I just asked you that! You feeling OK?\\ Shulk: Sorry. I was just thinking…\\ Fiora: You’ve been like this since we got here.\\ Shulk: Haha. You don’t miss a thing, do you?\\ Fiora: Nope. And I know exactly what’s been on your mind. __[You’re worried about me.]__ +\\ Shulk: Yes. How did you know?\\ Fiora: All I had to do was look at your face. I could feel the worry…\\ Shulk: Just by looking at me?! That’s pretty amazing.\\ Fiora: I was joking, Shulk! Hehe! Thank you, though. But I’ve been feeling much better, so stop worrying so much!\\ Shulk: Well… if you’re feeling better…\\ Fiora: Hey, Shulk… Do you think I’ll ever be 100% Homs again?\\ Shulk: No doubt! Of course you will. I will make it happen.\\ Fiora: __[Oh, Shulk! Thank you!]__ + I don’t know what I would do without you!\\ Shulk: When this is all over, we’ll find a way.\\ Fiora: Whenever we make camp I see you with your head in a book. The other night you didn’t sleep. Are you doing all this for me?\\ Shulk: Yeah, but it’s nothing. I always get carried away when I fixate on one thing. It’s a bad habit of mine…\\ Fiora: But you must be so exhausted from all the fighting!\\ Shulk: Don’t worry, Fiora. I’m fine. It did some good, because now I’ve learnt a few things.\\ Fiora: Really? Like what?\\ Shulk: The key is combining Machina and High Entia technologies. Miqol gave me a book explaining the joint research they did. It was years and years ago, but it covered all sorts of fields. I don’t know much about medicine, but Sharla and Linada do. I’ll get them to help.\\ Fiora: Shulk…\\ Shulk: S-sorry, Fiora. This stuff is really boring, huh?\\ Fiora: No… it’s not.\\ Shulk: … Fiora? Are you… crying?\\ Fiora: Yes. But these are tears of joy. I don’t know what to say… When I get my body back… Let’s go have another picnic at the park in the colony!\\ Shulk: Sure thing, Fiora. It’s a date. One day, I promise.