FF7 Rebirth: Who Aerith Is Really Talking To In Junon Inn

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A strange scene in has Aerith speaking to someone with an unfamiliar voice through a half-closed door in the Junon Inn. The party first visits the seaside village of Junon in Chapter Four, having trekked through the Grasslands outside Kalm and the monster-infested Mythril Mine in pursuit of Sephiroth. It's there that they initially meet Yuffie in , but, exhausted after rescuing her from a hungry sea monster, they decide to take a break.

As Cloud patrols the Lower Junon Inn's rustic halls, he overhears Aerith speaking to another individual with an unfamiliar, childlike voice. It seems to be a friendly conversation, if a bit heavy — they're talking about their respective memory loss, and sympathizing about the confusion it's caused. Cloud, concerned at the sound of the stranger's voice, lingers by the door for a moment to listen. Aerith catches him quickly, and she has a good explanation, but the speed with which she shoos him away suggests something else is going on.

It's no secret that Aerith is actually talking to Red XIII during the Lower Junon Inn scene in — this is revealed as soon as she opens the door, and Red himself slinks out with a grunt. However, the voices don't quite match up. Red XIII is normally gruff and serious to a fault. Whomever Aerith is with in this scene speaks with the wavering cadence of a frightened child as they talk about their time at Shinra. The voices may not match up, but the content of their conversation certainly does: if anyone knows about the horrors of Professor Hojo's experiments, it's Aerith and Red XIII.

But still, that voice is odd — does Aerith have something to hide? No, as a matter of fact, this is Red XIII's actual voice. It's just that the Junon Inn scene is the first time most players are likely to hear it. occasionally drops other hints: Red XIII sometimes uses his real voice in battle, but players are unlikely to notice this in the heat of a fight. As it turns out, though, there's a perfectly good reason for Red