[Sephiroth listens carefully, trying to discern where this is going. Some of this, he suspected, but... there were enough missing pieces that he never quite grasped the depths of it. The implication that Angeal and Genesis were created in a sense is enough to put Sephiroth into shock.
Playing god with human lives--
But if only that's where Angeal's explanation ended. He goes on, talking about his poor mother and then...
'I couldn't remove the blight that I am--'
No... Sephiroth's heart stops for a moment, because-- Angeal surely couldn't have wanted to end his life...
'So I was going to force Zack to do it.'
To say that this revelation upsets Sephiroth is... putting it lightly. It hits him like a freight train. No longer relaxed, he pushes off from the desk and rises back to his full height.] What? [He'd known something was wrong, and he elected not to intervene. It's clear that he should have, but he's grateful to this other person - he assumes Zack - for interrupting Angeal's suicidal inclinations. And Zack-- being put in that position must have been terribly painful for him. Sephiroth is struggling to even put to words how he feels, himself-- anger, sorrow, relief. It's all muddied together, gripping his chest like a vice.]
Angeal... [He hesitates, searching for the right words.] Nothing about you is a blight on this planet, nor is any part of you monstrous.
[Maybe that's easy to say when he's not the one going through it, but... he drifts towards Angeal regardless. He's always been a little awkward with affection; he never got much experience with it. But he reaches both hands out, grasping Angeal's arms at the elbows.]
I-- didn't realize you were feeling this way... ['Why didn't you talk to me?' is what Sephiroth starts to ask, but... no. He knows Angeal well enough by now to know why. More than likely, he thought himself a burden. He reconsiders his words and starts again.] Losing Genesis was painful enough. I can't bear to lose you, too.
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Playing god with human lives--
But if only that's where Angeal's explanation ended. He goes on, talking about his poor mother and then...
'I couldn't remove the blight that I am--'
No... Sephiroth's heart stops for a moment, because-- Angeal surely couldn't have wanted to end his life...
'So I was going to force Zack to do it.'
To say that this revelation upsets Sephiroth is... putting it lightly. It hits him like a freight train. No longer relaxed, he pushes off from the desk and rises back to his full height.] What? [He'd known something was wrong, and he elected not to intervene. It's clear that he should have, but he's grateful to this other person - he assumes Zack - for interrupting Angeal's suicidal inclinations. And Zack-- being put in that position must have been terribly painful for him. Sephiroth is struggling to even put to words how he feels, himself-- anger, sorrow, relief. It's all muddied together, gripping his chest like a vice.]
Angeal... [He hesitates, searching for the right words.] Nothing about you is a blight on this planet, nor is any part of you monstrous.
[Maybe that's easy to say when he's not the one going through it, but... he drifts towards Angeal regardless. He's always been a little awkward with affection; he never got much experience with it. But he reaches both hands out, grasping Angeal's arms at the elbows.]
I-- didn't realize you were feeling this way... ['Why didn't you talk to me?' is what Sephiroth starts to ask, but... no. He knows Angeal well enough by now to know why. More than likely, he thought himself a burden. He reconsiders his words and starts again.] Losing Genesis was painful enough. I can't bear to lose you, too.