Cid gives him a sad look, but he doesn't know what else to say. "No one man can bear the entire weight of the world," he settles on. There's so much he knows that Emet-Selch doesn't, but all he could say would only bring the man more pain.

But he leaves all the same. There are already people starting to gather again, clamoring for Emet-Selch's creation magicks.