[He suspects. How else would Cid have gotten there when no human could? That maybe if Machina hadn't already been in crystal stasis that they would have had to get through him before they could reach the Marshal.
Maybe Ace hadn't realized it at first - too busy trying to stop the world from ending - but he's had time to think about it now. There's no other reason. He's grateful that Machina was already in crystal stasis. It saved everyone.
(How could he say what he only suspects? When he hadn't even wanted to tell in the first place?)
There is one thing Ace wants to clear up right now, though.]
He shouldn't have been alone. We were a team. But he was so angry at us that we gave him space.
And maybe he wasn't there on some missions but he was there in the end. Without him, we might not have beaten the Marshal. ["We would have permanently died" - words he doesn't say.] I didn't tell you any of that to make you think less of him.
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Maybe Ace hadn't realized it at first - too busy trying to stop the world from ending - but he's had time to think about it now. There's no other reason. He's grateful that Machina was already in crystal stasis. It saved everyone.
(How could he say what he only suspects? When he hadn't even wanted to tell in the first place?)
There is one thing Ace wants to clear up right now, though.]
He shouldn't have been alone. We were a team. But he was so angry at us that we gave him space.
And maybe he wasn't there on some missions but he was there in the end. Without him, we might not have beaten the Marshal. ["We would have permanently died" - words he doesn't say.] I didn't tell you any of that to make you think less of him.
[But of Ace.]