Specifically, in this scene at the beginning of Rebirth, after they are done fighting the Midgardsormr, Aerith teases that ... Ancients regarding how life and death are two sides of the same ...

During one scene in the Gold Saucer ... a love which acts as a morbid foundation for the grief to come in the wake of Aerith’s death in the original. Rebirth wants to take this even further ...

A steward of the planet herself, and the last of the Ancients, Aerith Gainsborough has come to be known for her tragic end, but she deserves to be celebrated for so much more than that.