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cool flips, inc ([personal profile] identitycrisiscore) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs 2024-06-29 03:08 am (UTC)

Yeah, we were in SOLDIER together. But he was on a whole other level, even back then. I could hardly keep up.

[ He remembers the feelings of inadequacy, even back then. Remembers Sephiroth being able to casually swat down monsters like flies. ]

But he wasn't like... how you've seen him. He was... I don't know. Normal. Normal enough. [ It's such a strange idea, now. A Sephiroth who was worried about Cloud's safety. About his fatigue. ] He didn't exactly like the attention, but I can't say I blame him. Way everyone was fawning over him when we got to Nibelheim, no one even looked at me.

[ In retrospect, it was stupid. Real stupid. Become a SOLDIER for the glory? Yeah, right. Once you became a SOLDIER, everyone looked at you the same — a mix of pity, awe, or suspicion — depending on where they fell on loyalty to Shinra. ]

So he spent most of the night holed up in his room at the inn, I took a bit of time to take in the sights, and the next morning we made the trek up the mountain.

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