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3. Nope, Aerith and Zack are DEAD. I think what Square wanted to relay is that they're finally together in the afterlife(w/c I think is the way it should be since they're the ones who're meant for each other, not Aerith/Cloud) and they were saying goodbye to Cloud because in actuality, they never had the chance to.
And to show that she doesn't actually want to be revived. At least, that's the message I got.