"Not an Ancient, but they didn't know that..." He moves a hand to his shoulder, the wound pulsing with the memory. He thought after taking Sephiroth to his side, he could talk more lightly about this. Hah. He feels a stab of pain just by hearing Sephiroth's words but doesn't react to it, Genesis just breathes sharply once and walks around the room to defuse his tension.

"Jenova was the monster the science department found and mistook for an Ancient. Its cells were injected into Gillian. Angeal and I, we were both exposed to Gillian's cells contaminated by Jenova's traits. It wasn't pure enough, it was a... a failed experiment."

Failed. The words carry such venom Genesis can't help but growl them. A failure, he could never rival Sephiroth. Since his birth, he was supposed to lose.

"This is just a conjecture, my friend, but I think when they realized our case was a failure, it was when your mother was pregnant... It was just in time to try something new."