↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Datalog – Pulse fal'Cie: Fal'Cie are an existence beyond human comprehension, possessed of incredible magic power. The ones responsible for Cocoon's construction are protectors of humanity, but there are others of their kind as well: the fal'Cie who dwell on Pulse and name themselves enemies of Cocoon.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Datalog – Sanctum fal'Cie: The Sanctum fal'Cie are the unfathomable entities that constructed the floating shell of Cocoon in ages past, and even now watch over the world's human inhabitants.”
↑ Jun Eishima (2010-01-27). "Part 1: Encounter – Chapter Three". Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero: Promise (ภาษาญี่ปุ่น). Square Enix. ISBN978-4-7575-2770-6.
↑ Jun Eishima (2010-01-27). "Part 1: Encounter – Chapter One". Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero: Promise (ภาษาญี่ปุ่น). Square Enix. ISBN978-4-7575-2770-6.
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Lightning: You became a l'Cie, so now you're gonna marry this idiot? And you think I'm gonna buy that? Full points for originality. But don't forget. If you really are a l'Cie, it's my job to deal with you. / Serah: Sis... / Lightning: This is ridiculous. Worst birthday ever.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Vanille: Pulse fal'Cie and l'Cie are bad news. That's why Cocoon kicked them out. Live too close to the fal'Cie? One-way ticket to Pulse! That's the Purge in a nutshell.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Datalog – Operation Nora: Operation Nora[...] the means by which he will exact vengeance on Snow. [...]Lightning soon realizes her mistake. Her lecture to abandon compassion was intended as a warning against the hesitation she fears will be his undoing.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Lightning: This l'Cie curse, it took everything from me. My future. My dreams. I didn't want to think. So I fought instead. As long as I was fighting, nothing else was real. I was running away.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Lightning: It was too much. / Snow: Hm? / Lightning: What happened to Serah. All I could think about was, 'What could I have done?' I hated myself for not trusting her. It hurt too much. I couldn't face it.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2010-03-09) “Snow: We will see her again, right? / Lightning: Don't go there. No room for doubt. / Snow: You're right. / Lightning: We'll see her again. And soon. You've convinced me of that. So stay strong. / Snow: Don't worry. We'll finish this, and go see her together.”
↑ Jun Eishima (2010-12-16). "Part VIII". Final Fantasy XIII Episode i (ภาษาญี่ปุ่น). Square Enix.
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2012-01-31) “Noel: All your friends think your sister is inside that pillar? / Serah: I was scared. People said I was dreaming. They said... They said I was just making up stories so that I didn't have to face the truth.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2012-01-31) “Lightning: I was lost. The darkness caught me in its embrace, and wrote me out of history.”
↑ Jun Eishima (2012-06-21). "2: prayer and wish". Final Fantasy XIII-2: Fragments After (ภาษาญี่ปุ่น). Square Enix. pp. 17–63. ISBN978-4-7575-3650-0.
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC: Another Beginning, Lightning's Story; Requiem of the Goddess. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2012-05-15) “Lightning: My path was set: I would remain in Valhalla, and carry out the will of the Goddess. The sorrows of the dead would be mine to bear. It would be my atonement.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2012-01-31) “Lightning: We must face Caius on two fronts: in Valhalla, and in the world of humans. If we don't... We won't be able to change the future. I can't do it on my own. I need your help.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC: Another Beginning, Lightning's Story; Requiem of the Goddess. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2012-01-31) “Serah: Don't be sorry. And forget your tears. You don't need them. No matter what future is waiting for us, I'll have no regrets. No matter what end we see coming, I won't change my mind. / Lightning: You knew. You knew what would happen. [...] / Serah: I believe in you. You'll keep the future of this world safe. So it's okay. I don't mind if I'm gone. [...] Just keep me in your thoughts. Remember me, and we'll see each other again.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC: Another Beginning, Lightning's Story; Requiem of the Goddess. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2012-05-15) “Lightning: I'll never forget. I promised you that. Even if I stand to lose everything, I'll preserve your memory for the tomorrows yet to be. [...] There are ways to keep a thought alive, and I know one that works for sure; indestructible crystal. [...] This shall be my legacy, and my atonement. But most of all, my final hope.”
↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2014-02-11) “Lightning: [Bhunivelze] told me what I had to do. I would be his servant, and if I succeeded in doing his bidding... my reward would be a miracle. He said she would live again. My sister, Serah. [...] And so I was chosen, by God, to rescue lost souls and guide them past the end of this world, and into the next. I became the savior.”
↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2014-02-11) “Serah: Do you remember? What you tried to do? You tried to kill me. [Lumina appears before Lightning.] / Lightning: You! You're me. Young...weak... / Serah: I'm Claire Farron. Her selfishness, her loneliness, her fear. That little bit of your soul that you couldn't accept.”
↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2014-02-11) “Lightning: I'm more powerful than I ever was – but it came with a price. I'm not even sure if I'm human anymore. [...] I've taken a lot of lives, more than I can count. If I had any humanity left, I would have been crushed by the guilt by now.”
↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2014-02-11) “Datalog – Lightning's Heart: Lightning has regained the memories that she lost. When she fell into the crystal sleep, it was as a vessel for Serah's soul. But Serah is no longer inside Lightning's heart. Did she lose Serah as well as her emotions when she became the savior? [...] Lightning finally reveals her intentions. If God will not fulfill his part of their bargain, then she will not stand idly by and watch him take another throne. After he has made his new world, Lightning will wrest it from his hands and give it to humanity. Even if she has to use her last resort...”
↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2014-02-11) “Lightning: God has bigger plans for me, doesn't he? Being the savoir was just the first step. If I could complete my task in the short time I had, then he would know. That I could carry out the real mission. And replace the lost goddess.”
↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. (2014-02-11) “Datalog – Return: Lightning [...] sank into the darkness. She arrived in the world of the dead, prepared to take Etro's place and accept her duty of eternal solitude. But there in the depths, she found herself. The self that she had cut away and discarded. The child she had been: sometimes selfish, sometimes cruel, and terribly lonely. Lumina was made up of everything that Lightning had ruthlessly abandoned when she was forced to grow up too soon. Seeing herself honestly for the first time, Lightning wished desperately to be saved.”
↑ Dissidia Final Fantasy Ultimania (ภาษาญี่ปุ่น). Studio Bentstuff. 2009-01-29. pp. 696–699. ISBN978-4-7575-2488-0.
↑ Square Enix. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. Square Enix. PlayStation Portable. (2011-03-22) “Garland: Manikins are merciless. They know only how to deliver death and destruction, from which there can be no return.”
↑ Square Enix. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. Square Enix. PlayStation Portable. (2011-03-22) “Lightning: I'm sure you all understand our...situation. We came here to destroy the portal that connects this world to the Rift. It's the last thing left for us to do. But once we charge into the middle of those manikins, there's no coming back.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows. (2013-08-27) “Lightning: You okay? That was some fight, huh? The name's Lightning. I'm not...from around here. I'm not even sure where 'here' is. The last thing I remember, I was sleeping.”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows. (2013-08-27) “Lightning: I always seem to be at the mercy of some power of fate I can't control. In fact, I'm probably only here as part of an insane god's trial. To be tested and tempered like some unthinking weapon, so that I might be ready to fight...”
↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Square Enix. PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows. (2013-08-27) “Lightning: The time I've spent in Eorzea has been a welcome respite. [...] I'm ready to return...and ready to finish this. Hmph. God or not, someone's going to regret putting me through these trials. [Lightning begins to glow and rises from the ground] And it looks like someone was listening—just waiting for my declaration of war. I'm being called back. It's a shame; my memories of this world probably won't last... Keep them for me.”
