Enter Aeris
Fortunately, a soft flower bed breaks his
fall. The flower bed is actually part of the roof of a church, a
church run by Aeris, the flower girl you met just recently. After
some conversation, she joins you, and in enters another character
of the game: the Turk Reno.
Reno commands a bunch of Shinra guards to capture Aeris, and she and Cloud split. Keep heading up the staircases and jump over the crack. But as Aeris attempts to do so, she falls and the guards give chase. She can choose to run or to fight, and you as Cloud can help her by pushing the barrels from above onto the pursuing guards. Eventually, she gets up to you, and you two escape through the roof.
After hippety-hopping across the roofs, you'll eventually end up on the ground and near a Save Point. Now's an ideal time to save your game, and once you've done that, head west then north to the Sector 5 slums as the entrance to Sector 6 is temporarily closed.
After navigating through the town, take
the exit to the northeast and you'll come upon Aeris' house, with
the Cover materia in the garden nearby. Inside the house, you'll
meet Aeris' adoptive mother, Aunt Elmyra, and get In the some
rest. middle of the night, Cloud will wake up and Aeris. Walk,
don't run, out of the house, decide to leave without or Aeris
will send you back to bed. Head west to the slums and south out
of there.
You'll now find that the passage to Sector
6 is blocked by Aeris, who persuades you to let her join you.
Now, head west then north into a dingy playground. As you two
bond there, an opening suddenly appears nearby and emerging from
it isa chocobo-drawn carriage carrying Tifa to Wall Market.
Follow Aeris, who'll lead you to Wall Market.
Next Section: Wall Market
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