So the puppy is here, well, Genesis doesn't mind an audience and it seems Sephiroth has him on a leash. He wants to hear what Genesis has to say. It pleases him.
A simple question.
What does Genesis know? He is fully aware of his own condition, he hears the clock ticking with each step he takes. A monster. A bomb. He knows it was the same for Angeal, a best friend who became a brother by sharing the same miserable fate. But Angeal was weak, his honor too easy to wound. Genesis doesn't mind playing dirty if he can survive, if he can cheat fate.
He could break Sephiroth so easily now. An ugly part of him desires it, so they're joined by the same wound. Could he have him on his knees by weaponizing his cursed knowledge?
But... What's really the truth?
(Sephiroth memorized Loveless against his will, he would tease him about it, but he always played along. They stood awake until the sun rose, once on a mission, and Sephiroth listened to everything Genesis said. He looked lonely and Genesis wanted to swallow the stars from his eyes.)
There's other way to do this, indeed.
Sephiroth holds the answer, the life Genesis lacks now. But he must be careful. And wasn't the portrait of a woman, evidently human, hanging on the mansion? Didn't she hold the same look on her face, of stars about to fall?
"I know how I was conceived, and how that cursed me. I know you can help me, Sephiroth... I need you."
He lets the words float between them.
"And I know you seek the truth. Join me, lean me your strength and let's search for the truth together."
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A simple question.
What does Genesis know? He is fully aware of his own condition, he hears the clock ticking with each step he takes. A monster. A bomb. He knows it was the same for Angeal, a best friend who became a brother by sharing the same miserable fate. But Angeal was weak, his honor too easy to wound. Genesis doesn't mind playing dirty if he can survive, if he can cheat fate.
He could break Sephiroth so easily now. An ugly part of him desires it, so they're joined by the same wound. Could he have him on his knees by weaponizing his cursed knowledge?
But... What's really the truth?
(Sephiroth memorized Loveless against his will, he would tease him about it, but he always played along. They stood awake until the sun rose, once on a mission, and Sephiroth listened to everything Genesis said. He looked lonely and Genesis wanted to swallow the stars from his eyes.)
There's other way to do this, indeed.
Sephiroth holds the answer, the life Genesis lacks now. But he must be careful. And wasn't the portrait of a woman, evidently human, hanging on the mansion? Didn't she hold the same look on her face, of stars about to fall?
"I know how I was conceived, and how that cursed me. I know you can help me, Sephiroth... I need you."
He lets the words float between them.
"And I know you seek the truth. Join me, lean me your strength and let's search for the truth together."