Okay, I am basically done with Rebirth Chapter 10, aside from cleaning up World Intel stuff.
As I mentioned before, this depiction of Cosmo Canyon was practically perfect. It looked super good and had the right atmosphere, in addition to the banger remix of the town theme.
I liked how they portrayed Bugenhagen here. He's still mostly the wise old sage, but the mask drops a couple of times, and you can see his frustration and hopelessness at the Planet's situation. I thought it was interesting that he basically said it was impossible that we saw Weapons, but he never really elaborates on why he thinks that.
The Cave of the Gi was pretty good. It would've been nice if you could've chosen Red XIII's partner instead of it having to be Barret, but he was a pretty good choice if it had to just be one party member. I loved him putting on his sunglasses to cover up his tears when he sees Red XIII's interaction with Seto.
Then we got two big detours back to back. As Gi Nattak is ferrying us over to the Gi Village, we get another Zack scene, and it's the wildest one yet. Zack and Biggs both say that right before their deaths, they saw a wind and next thing they knew, they were somewhere completely different and alive. On top of that, their memories don't match because (I assume) they were saved at different points in time. Biggs has memories of Mercenary Cloud, but Zack is still taking care of comatose Cloud, who hasn't awoken to that persona yet. Zack believes Aerith was the one who saved them, but I agree with Biggs when he asks, "Why me?" It's an interesting choice to save him out of all the members of Avalanche.
Back to the Gi Village, they explain that they're cursed to be wandering spirits who can never return to the Lifestream because they weren't created by it. So where did they come from then? Are they offshoots of Jenova or something? Regardless, they wanted to find a way to end their existence, and that's how the Black Materia came into existence. However, Gi Nattak claimed the Cetra stole it from them before they could use it, and he asks us to get it back for him. Well, I guess if Meteor destroyed the Planet, that would do the trick and get rid of the Gi, too.
Cait Sith thinks he might know where the Black Materia is when Gi Nattak said it was located at a place of Cetra worship. I guess Shinra already found it, so if he can find access to a Shinra terminal, he could verify it for sure. Unfortunately, Bugenhagen repurposed Cosmo Canyon's into a windmill! When a black robed guy shows up at the front gate muttering about Nibelheim, Cait Sith is sure there's a terminal there. Nobody knows how to bring up that Nibelheim shouldn't exist anymore, but we're headed there anyway!