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Well, this is an uphill battle so I'm not going to waste too much energy here. Cloud's hit by Burst Strike. You'll make some interp as to whether he survives. I think he doesn't personally but that's just MY OPINION. You've likely already formed yours.

Anyways the most important thing here is that we're in the Sword and Shield Maze: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda07/Walkthrough/Maps/Sword-Shield-Maze.png

Problematically, it is likely to damage the ceiling of the cave first before it tries to do anything else. The problem is that this dungeon is in a volcano. While mercs prevents access to the rest of Subrosia, I don't think that prevents lava from being on the other side of a ceiling in a volcano.

In general though, this is a very cramped dungeon that is extremely difficult for Sahelanthropus to get around in. The ceiling can't be very high (Sahelanthropus is 24m tall standing up) and it's going to be cramped as shit. He's going to have to bust his way through things, but he doesn't have the mobility to be able to punch through walls. So what does it do? Explode things. If it destroys the wrong part of the terrain, it risks getting lava dumped on it, it falls into the abyss, or into a pit of lava in the floor below (the lava pit is on the bottom level of the terrain under the center). Sahelanthropus does not survive lava.

In any case, Crono and Aigis are hearing quaking going on upstairs so they're shure as shit not going upstairs and Sahelanthropus is most definitely not coming down any staircases so its only option is to drop down from below using its destructive capabilities where it could easily land in the wrong place.

Because Sahelanthropus is its own worst enemy here and I personally think Cloud is dead and this ends up being a solid match in my favor. Vivi is not a skilled fighter in cramped quarters and Crono can easily rush in and take him out.

This fight most likely happens in the boss room where Crono and Aigis spawn. If they hear a bunch of quaking going on upstairs, and they have the map, they're not likely to go anywhere. Crono takes Vivi out quickly while Aigis is holding off Cloud, and is then able to rejoin the fight. Cloud might seem like he has an advantage against Aigis at a glance, but Aigis has far better sustain and will actually have backup that's alive. If Crono can take the heat from Cloud for a few seconds, Aigis can heal them to full and rebuff.

I'm too lazy to research Tusk but I know that he's a very strong swordfighter and this may actually benefit Crono in melee. It's not like he would have been able to get a revive off anyways.