Fade in. The girl is lying in a bed, and an old man stands nearby. 1-3 "Awakening" plays.

It's unclear what exactly the object is, other than that it's ring-shaped. The kanji 輪, which is all the text gives us to go on here, is used in words for all kinds of ring-shaped jewelry, from finger rings and bracelets to chokers and nose rings, and other more general types of ring-shaped objects from rubber bands to landing gear. Going by the appearance, considering what would be practical, and remembering that Wedge mentioned a headdress, it's most likely a circlet of some kind.

She shakes her head, probably in confusion.

At this point, everything fades to black, except the girl, who shifts to center screen. The game gives the following brief description of her, then allows the player to change her name if desired. The same sort of thing happens with most playable characters.

Note that names in the English version are by default ALL CAPS. This was probably done to match all the other names and identifiers that are given in ALL CAPS before characters' lines (e.g., OLD MAN), but it's not aesthetically pleasing to see an ALL-CAPS name in the middle of a normal-case sentence. Ironically, fixed names (the ones the player can't change) do appear in normal case in the middle of sentences. So why didn't they just make everything normal case all the time? I hardly think it would have ruined the game if it identified a speaker as Old Man instead of OLD MAN. A poor decision overall in my opinion, but fortunately not one that affects meaning.

Meanwhile, guards with dogs come up to the house from outside.

Tina leaves through the back door. "The Mines of Narshe" plays. Some guards spot her going across a walkway.

Tina fights alone and only lightly armed in the mines, but she's no pushover and has little difficulty until guards rush in from several directions and corner her.

Actually, it's literally "[She] was [here]", but that's awkward at best in English. Just one of those Japanese idioms.

The floor beneath Tina caves in, and she loses consciousness soon after falling.

Tina sits in the center of a small, apparently hi-tech, room. An unfamiliar man stands nearby, frequently laughing maniacally. Everything is in black and white. 2-13 "The Gastra Empire" plays.

"Cefca" is, apparently, the official JP version spelling, though I've never seen it anywhere in the game itself. Those are hard 'c's, so it is pronounced "Kefka", as it's spelled in the NA version.

I can't say I don't like the way the NA version makes him sound insane right away... actually, I'm think the original may do the same; it at least makes him sound cocky. Not just anyone will refer to himself with the incredibly arrogant term 俺様 (ore-sama). Incidentally, he's infamous for his insane laughter. The game even has an insane laughing sound effect for him.

The following line is in the ROM and fits here, but isn't used in either version.

Cut to a battlefield. Tina, riding a mech, vaporizes a soldier effortlessly.

Cut to what looks like a rallying speech that wouldn't be out of place in Nazi Germany. An important-looking man stands in front of a crowd. Behind him, an unidentified man and woman, along with with Cefca, lead cheers. Tina, standing next to a mech, looks on passively.

Some interesting changes here. ガストラ (GASUTORA) doesn't much resemble "Gestahl". The original indicates that his "major breakthrough" has already happened, not that it will soon occur, and there are also changes to several nuances elsewhere.

The following line is here in the ROM, but isn't used in either version. Heck, Cid doesn't even appear in the scene.

The scene fades, the music fades, color returns, and Tina is still unconscious on the cave floor.