His gaze seems to follow Cloud’s for a moment, falling onto the figure of the new President of Shinra, and all those within who celebrate this new age for the company and for Midgar itself. He supposes his own return is news that’ll make the rounds eventually — if it already hasn’t with his appearance here — but to have heard it beforehand? From the man himself?
Sephiroth reels in his question for now. Replies to the comment about five years, which strike him hard. He expected it.]
I know it is. [What is there to say? An apology isn’t enough. He isn’t sure it’s what Cloud wishes to hear after all this time, or if he’d be offended that Sephiroth had the gall to dilute those five years into something that could be fixed with a simple, “I’m sorry.”]
I didn’t expect you to wait for that long. And by the time I thought to contact you, it was already too late.
[Too much time had passed, irreparable by that point. Does it sound like he’s making excuses? That Sephiroth, the bright military mind with every contingency for every battle, was just acting as a coward?]
I didn’t think I would ever find you back here, in this building. Are you working for Shinra again?
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His gaze seems to follow Cloud’s for a moment, falling onto the figure of the new President of Shinra, and all those within who celebrate this new age for the company and for Midgar itself. He supposes his own return is news that’ll make the rounds eventually — if it already hasn’t with his appearance here — but to have heard it beforehand? From the man himself?
Sephiroth reels in his question for now. Replies to the comment about five years, which strike him hard. He expected it.]
I know it is. [What is there to say? An apology isn’t enough. He isn’t sure it’s what Cloud wishes to hear after all this time, or if he’d be offended that Sephiroth had the gall to dilute those five years into something that could be fixed with a simple, “I’m sorry.”]
I didn’t expect you to wait for that long. And by the time I thought to contact you, it was already too late.
[Too much time had passed, irreparable by that point. Does it sound like he’s making excuses? That Sephiroth, the bright military mind with every contingency for every battle, was just acting as a coward?]
I didn’t think I would ever find you back here, in this building. Are you working for Shinra again?