Genesis is ready to blast Zack away from what it's an important matter, when Sephiroth does it first. Did he just...?
For a second, Genesis is speechless. Does Sephiroth trust him? Even after everything? A part of him expected his old friend to refuse, to mock him, so Genesis could turn that rejection into poison and strike back. But Sephiroth is there, at some level willing to protect him against Shinra (because that's what Angeal's puppy is, in the end, a filthy Shinra lapdog.)
Something warm washes over his wounds, open for so long. He could to this, they could work together.
But then Sephiroth's demeanor changes and Genesis realizes a second thing. That monster, Jenova, it stands between them.
He moves towards Sephiroth, blocking the view, and extending his hand with a well known purple apple.
Sephiroth, young and so different from Shinra's propaganda, comes to his mind. A boy seeking for his mother. He used to have a necklace, he once told Genesis, but didn't say how he lost it. How was she, anyway? He asked, and Sephiroth shrugged. She looks like you, Genesis wants to tell that kid now, having seen the portrait on the mansion.
The truth could free him or condemn him and it's all on Genesis.
"That thing isn't your mother," he finally decides. "Come with me, let's search for her. I will tell you everything, but I need your help to survive."
He offers him the apple. The fruit of knowledge.
"My friend, do you fly away now? To a world that abhors you and I?
Truth is a burden, but it can free us. We can be more than this, we don't have to be chained to a script. Listen to me, Sephiroth!"
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For a second, Genesis is speechless. Does Sephiroth trust him? Even after everything? A part of him expected his old friend to refuse, to mock him, so Genesis could turn that rejection into poison and strike back. But Sephiroth is there, at some level willing to protect him against Shinra (because that's what Angeal's puppy is, in the end, a filthy Shinra lapdog.)
Something warm washes over his wounds, open for so long. He could to this, they could work together.
But then Sephiroth's demeanor changes and Genesis realizes a second thing. That monster, Jenova, it stands between them.
He moves towards Sephiroth, blocking the view, and extending his hand with a well known purple apple.
Sephiroth, young and so different from Shinra's propaganda, comes to his mind. A boy seeking for his mother. He used to have a necklace, he once told Genesis, but didn't say how he lost it. How was she, anyway? He asked, and Sephiroth shrugged. She looks like you, Genesis wants to tell that kid now, having seen the portrait on the mansion.
The truth could free him or condemn him and it's all on Genesis.
"That thing isn't your mother," he finally decides. "Come with me, let's search for her. I will tell you everything, but I need your help to survive."
He offers him the apple. The fruit of knowledge.
"My friend, do you fly away now? To a world that abhors you and I?
Truth is a burden, but it can free us. We can be more than this, we don't have to be chained to a script. Listen to me, Sephiroth!"