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[protomateria]

[ he just stares for a few long seconds, arms folded and expression (what one can see of it) unreadable.

at last, though: ] It's been years. You need to canon-review.

[ another pause, gold-clawed fingertips tapping at his arm, and he sighs. ] .. I'm not father material. But.. he's Lucrecia's son.

[ so.. okay. he couldn't do anything for him the first time around, but.. maybe this time. ]

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[pinnaculum]

I am not the actual child Sephiroth. I am an anomaly. I should not exist.

[He says this calmly, as if the fact that he should not exist is a simple truth.]

I was meant to die.

I know. I do not trust him.

[In fact, he loathes and resents the professor. This mild statement is a testament to his blunted affect, which is still in effect even after his recent revelation.]

His name is Shinji. He is a computer expert.

[He nods.]

I will speak to her, if she comes.

[He has no idea what this "mother" will think of him.]

You did not deserve to be an experiment.

[Knowing what he does about the lab and the tests, he doesn't think anyone deserves that, especially not Mr. Valentine.]

[protomateria]

Whether you 'should' or you 'should not', you do. You exist, so make your existence matter.

[ a small nod at both the mention of hojo and this.. shinji. it's probably a good thing that sephiroth is beginning to form connections with people. it's hard for vincent to judge that sort of thing, given his own.. issues.. but considering his own companions and their interactions with one another, it seems to be a good sign. ]

I see. Having comrades one can call upon when necessary is wise. [ and perhaps eventually sephiroth will be able to call them friends.

at the last, he stills, claws clicking together as he glances down at them. ]

What I deserved was.. complicated. But Hojo's madness filled a role.