The first time I played FFVII, I tried to split time between my party members fairly evenly, so I hadn't invested a lot of time and effort into Aerith. At least, not more so than I had with any character other than Cloud, who was almost always required to be in your party. I've always been a Cloud/Tifa guy, but at the same time, I've always liked Aerith a lot, so it was still a blow.
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