@sxldier // X
What had gotten into the man? Cloud had never seen Sephiroth like this. He was usually always in control of himself, so seemingly unaffected by the things around him. Now, Sephiroth was clearly distressed and the emotional energy he emitted alone was enough to overwhelm Cloud.
“S-sir..” He accepted the journal automatically, seeing he would accept anything Sephiroth placed in his hands. His gaze fell down towards the written pages and in his worried state, he could only make out some of the more important words.
Jenova injections, Wutai, warrior hero...propaganda. That was really what it was, and to Cloud, Sephiroth had been exactly that. A hero, a war hero, protecting the world from Wutai. Cloud wasn’t entirely sure what Jenova really was, but he had heard the rumours of course. That it’s some scary-looking piece of alien, something connected to the mako.
Did that make Sephiroth an alien? The older stared at him with such desperation and fear, Cloud couldn’t help but to approach him. After what happened between them, he felt it was his duty too.
“I don’t know what for,” he answered honestly and reached out to take Sephiroth’s hand. “I see you..you’ve been lied to.” In the process, Cloud had been lied to as well. His idol, the ultimate SOLDIER, was different from what he thought he was. But was that really the case? Nature versus nurture came to mind. “That’s terrible, they had no right to manipulate you like that, but..” He squeezed the hand subconsciously. “Does it change who you are? You are Sephiroth.”
The naive words of a teen trying his best to help, but were they enough?
