No, no it isn't. Zack stops short to stare at her, because maybe he didn't hear her right. He had to have heard her wrong, because that's— "They what?"

But he shouldn't be that surprised. He knew ShinRa would go to extremes if they had to. He'd watched them firebomb a whole village just to destroy evidence and cover up what had happened there. But to do something like that in Midgar -

"Geez, Tifa." He says softly, his free hand seeking out the one around his arm to squeeze. He didn't miss the over and over part. "Is that what happened before you came here?"