He's quiet again, mulling over these words about Zack, about time and timelines and possibilities. General though he might be, in a way, he has never truly been responsible for such a momentous choice, for even in his choices, he has fought for Shinra, with their aims and orders in mind. Defying them in small ways, but not in the larger scheme of things.
Zack dies.
He doesn't want that, though as usual, he keeps his emotions close and quiet, his worry and his sorrow. The only ones he used to speak to of such things had betrayed him. He had tried to save them, but he had failed.
"Angeal died," he says calmly, though as a child, he did not know that name, let alone the fact that Angeal would die, so young. He had had no friends as a child. "He said he was too dangerous to live." That information came from Zack himself.
A perfect monster. In Sephiroth's dreams, people seem to see him as a monster. Is that because he is one, or because he fears he might be?
Was Angeal right to choose death, to think that that was the best course for the many? Sephiroth is not Angeal. Perhaps it means he is more selfish, but he does not want to sacrifice himself. Maybe Angeal made the wrong choice. It's hard for him to view his friends' decisions objectively, colored as his impressions are with bitterness and resentment. A general should be impartial. He shouldn't feel bitter or resentful. These doubts that grow within him gnaw at him.
And the anger, no matter how he forces it down, tries to be rid of it. His pupils narrow, and he frowns, both child and man in the same moment in a way, though he remains small in stature.
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Zack dies.
He doesn't want that, though as usual, he keeps his emotions close and quiet, his worry and his sorrow. The only ones he used to speak to of such things had betrayed him. He had tried to save them, but he had failed.
"Angeal died," he says calmly, though as a child, he did not know that name, let alone the fact that Angeal would die, so young. He had had no friends as a child. "He said he was too dangerous to live." That information came from Zack himself.
A perfect monster. In Sephiroth's dreams, people seem to see him as a monster. Is that because he is one, or because he fears he might be?
Was Angeal right to choose death, to think that that was the best course for the many? Sephiroth is not Angeal. Perhaps it means he is more selfish, but he does not want to sacrifice himself. Maybe Angeal made the wrong choice. It's hard for him to view his friends' decisions objectively, colored as his impressions are with bitterness and resentment. A general should be impartial. He shouldn't feel bitter or resentful. These doubts that grow within him gnaw at him.
And the anger, no matter how he forces it down, tries to be rid of it. His pupils narrow, and he frowns, both child and man in the same moment in a way, though he remains small in stature.
"I don't want to die."