[The question hits her like a stone being dropped into the pit of her stomach. She had been so occupied with trying to get out of Shinra's grips that she hadn't paused to think about what her next plan would be. There's Meteor, Sephiroth, Shinra, and now Lightning getting tangled up in their mess.

...

And then there's the matter of Cloud.

Tifa's expression twists into a frown, and for a moment, she feels her chest constrict like a sob is about to form, but she swallows it down. She should be thinking about the bigger things right now, but every time she does, her mind just wanders back to him. She feels terrible, especially with Lightning standing here in front of her, but...

There's a long stretch of silence as Tifa tries to think it over, but her mind had been made up a long, long time ago. Long before she was captured. She had made her mind up the moment in the Northern Crater. So, why even pretend she wants to do anything else?]

I... I need to find my friend. I don't know where he is, or what happened to him, but... I can't... I won't do anything else until I know he's okay.