[It takes a great deal of willpower to not show any sort of reaction. There's a small, subtle twitch of fingers that desperately want to curl into a fist. He's not sure why it stirs so much anger to hear words spoken about himself -- his former self. But it's there, threatening to bubble up with the same fury that took down an entire town.
Instead of letting it win, Sephiroth huffs, scoffing at the words as though they are even more absurd than anything Cloud said prior. He's not wrong, or lying and a very small part of Sephiroth realizes this to some degree.]
... Honor. There was no honor in SOLDIER. No real honor anyway. You've deluded yourself into the propaganda created by Shinra. Though -- I suppose you weren't the only one. Why didn't you tell the truth to him? Were you afraid you'd unleash a monster?
[For a brief moment his thoughts drift back to when he first went into the reactor at Nibelheim and all the confrontations that followed. Genesis ... Giving him a taste of the truth and demanding his help at the same time. Were they friends? It's hard to say any more. To so easily make those kinds of demands, probably. Though if not for their encounter at the time, Sephiroth might not even remember him at all.]
You know, it probably would have been better coming from you. Not that I believe it would have changed anything -- nor would I have wanted it to, but -- truth being kept hidden for so long buried under lies is part of what brought the origin of your suffering to fruition. And SOLDIER was practically built upon those lies.
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Instead of letting it win, Sephiroth huffs, scoffing at the words as though they are even more absurd than anything Cloud said prior. He's not wrong, or lying and a very small part of Sephiroth realizes this to some degree.]
... Honor. There was no honor in SOLDIER. No real honor anyway. You've deluded yourself into the propaganda created by Shinra. Though -- I suppose you weren't the only one. Why didn't you tell the truth to him? Were you afraid you'd unleash a monster?
[For a brief moment his thoughts drift back to when he first went into the reactor at Nibelheim and all the confrontations that followed. Genesis ... Giving him a taste of the truth and demanding his help at the same time. Were they friends? It's hard to say any more. To so easily make those kinds of demands, probably. Though if not for their encounter at the time, Sephiroth might not even remember him at all.]
You know, it probably would have been better coming from you. Not that I believe it would have changed anything -- nor would I have wanted it to, but -- truth being kept hidden for so long buried under lies is part of what brought the origin of your suffering to fruition. And SOLDIER was practically built upon those lies.