[There's a moment of silence on Lightning's end as she tries to process all that, some tiny voice in the back of her mind going "never do that again you idiot" at her, but she still listens to everything he says.

She doesn't know the whole story of what happened to him, but it seems he doesn't either. Patchy memories are better than none, but...]

Manikins, Laguna. They were called Manikins. [Not manicures. Even she knows what those are.] They were our enemies in what was called the Conflict. Some war between gods that wasn't ever going to end. We got dragged into it, with our memories as the price. You, me, Vaan, Yuna, Tifa, and Kain.

[Some of whom she's never seen again. Hell, Laguna's been here twice already! But there's one last thing she needs to tell him.]

And we didn't pass out after sealing them away. We died.

[Completely. Serious. Tone. She wishes she was kidding.]