[It's hard to tell if that's sarcasm or not. He knows he doesn't have to bother Cloud. He could very well just up and leave him alone. But he also can't do that either.
It's too ... complicated in many ways.
And without his full strength he can't go out and get his actual revenge. So he will make due with annoying Cloud in the meantime. Consider it a distraction.]
[Well, that question certainly catches him a bit off guard. Why would Cloud go down this route? And he does need to be antagonistic, especially after what happened to him. Though he supposes the most recent event doesn't have to be directed at Cloud.]
You already know all that there is. What is left does not matter.
No, they weren't. Those memories are... a part of who you were. I only saw glimpses of it through... through Zack, but, it wasn't unimportant.
[ He still had the memories he had unknowingly taken from Zack. Precious, painful memories. In a way it feels wrong to have them, but on the other hand, without Zack here anymore... someone should hold onto those memories, right?
A somber mood suddenly falls upon him. Thinking about Zack tends to do that even if he doesn't blame himself for his death anymore. ]
[He pauses for a brief moment as though to consider his next words. What were those memories to him really? They were --]
-- part of a lie. A lie created, built up by shinra. Blinded by the truth for so long. A lie I crushed, let crumble away into dust settling among the ashes of your hometown.
No. What you did in Nibelheim... that was all based on a lie. You and Jenova, you are not descendants of the Ancients. And... Jenova is not your mother. You had a mother. She was human.
[ He remembers seeing her in her crystalized prison, much like how Sephiroth had been when Cloud gave him the Black Materia. The resemblance between them had been undeniable. ]
But I get that you have to keep believing that, or everything you've done since... would have been for nothing.
I know I am not an ancient. I know Jenova's origin. Her memories are something I do have.
[He chooses to ignore the part about him having a human mother. If he doesn't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist.]
But you are wrong. None of what I've done has been for nothing. Humanity is a disease spreading across the planet. If eradicated the planet would heal.
[ Well, that's something at least. Sephiroth not being quite as delusional as Cloud had thought... ]
That's not true. The planet is healing right now.
[ Without Shinra siphoning Gaia's life force, there's been signs of healing all over. Greenery in places there had previously been none, cleaner air and water... ]
It's going to take a long time for it to fully recover, but it's the better option over killing everyone on the planet.
Life can be started over again. There's no reason to keep around parasites.
[There's still a part of him that wants to find a new world. Find some sort of new future. Continue on mother's goal of seeking out another place, though perhaps not with the same intention as her.]
You sought to rid yourself of geostigma. Humanity is just another disease.
[ Yes, but still less so than Cloud had thought... ]
I'm human. Am I a parasite too?
[ Convincing Sephiroth that humans aren't a disease is probably not going to happen overnight, but it's definitely become clear with time that he seems to view Cloud differently. ]
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You know you don't have to constantly harass me, right?
[ Honestly, he's not sure that Sephiroth does know that. ]
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[It's hard to tell if that's sarcasm or not. He knows he doesn't have to bother Cloud. He could very well just up and leave him alone. But he also can't do that either.
It's too ... complicated in many ways.
And without his full strength he can't go out and get his actual revenge. So he will make due with annoying Cloud in the meantime. Consider it a distraction.]
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[ For his own, probably selfish reasons, but hey. He scrutinizes the other man for a moment. ]
Why don't you tell me something about yourself that I don't already know instead?
[ Something to get some kind of conversation rolling that isn't about Sephiroth's hatred for humanity. If that's even possible. ]
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You already know all that there is. What is left does not matter.
[He pauses for a brief moment.]
Nor is it something I can tell you anyway.
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You don't remember anything before... Nibelheim?
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[Which is to say: no he does not.]
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[ He still had the memories he had unknowingly taken from Zack. Precious, painful memories. In a way it feels wrong to have them, but on the other hand, without Zack here anymore... someone should hold onto those memories, right?
A somber mood suddenly falls upon him. Thinking about Zack tends to do that even if he doesn't blame himself for his death anymore. ]
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[He pauses for a brief moment as though to consider his next words. What were those memories to him really? They were --]
-- part of a lie. A lie created, built up by shinra. Blinded by the truth for so long. A lie I crushed, let crumble away into dust settling among the ashes of your hometown.
The person Zack knew never really existed.
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No. What you did in Nibelheim... that was all based on a lie. You and Jenova, you are not descendants of the Ancients. And... Jenova is not your mother. You had a mother. She was human.
[ He remembers seeing her in her crystalized prison, much like how Sephiroth had been when Cloud gave him the Black Materia. The resemblance between them had been undeniable. ]
But I get that you have to keep believing that, or everything you've done since... would have been for nothing.
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[He chooses to ignore the part about him having a human mother. If he doesn't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist.]
But you are wrong. None of what I've done has been for nothing. Humanity is a disease spreading across the planet. If eradicated the planet would heal.
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That's not true. The planet is healing right now.
[ Without Shinra siphoning Gaia's life force, there's been signs of healing all over. Greenery in places there had previously been none, cleaner air and water... ]
It's going to take a long time for it to fully recover, but it's the better option over killing everyone on the planet.
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Life can be started over again. There's no reason to keep around parasites.
[There's still a part of him that wants to find a new world. Find some sort of new future. Continue on mother's goal of seeking out another place, though perhaps not with the same intention as her.]
You sought to rid yourself of geostigma. Humanity is just another disease.
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I'm human. Am I a parasite too?
[ Convincing Sephiroth that humans aren't a disease is probably not going to happen overnight, but it's definitely become clear with time that he seems to view Cloud differently. ]