Well, his warden can tell him to find new hobbies. Anyway. What I mean is, supersoldier guy is clearly also something you can be, even if you did some of it with swiss cheese for brains. Like, there's a better, aspirational self you become? Not, um, a perfect true self you always were.
[A pause, as Cloud tries to think of another one.]
And mess with people on the network...anyway, I haven't been able to fight him this whole time, it sucks. It's...kind of our thing.
[To put it mildly.
'Swiss cheese for brains' takes him off-guard with how casual it is, but he decides he's not complaining. Saying it like that makes it seem like it looms over him a little less.
He considers the rest of what she says carefully.]
So...you're saying that trying to figure out who I am now won't work?
[And he knows Sephiroth is, too. A forever question...well, that sounds a little torturous, but maybe Vaggie's right that whether or not he's back in fighting form doesn't hold nearly as much weight as he thought it might, in terms of getting in the way.
And maybe he doesn't have to completely figure it out before he graduates. Like she said - maybe he just has to figure out how to be okay with the answer he finds.
...plus, he really does want to kick Sephiroth's ass again.]
Okay. I'm game. Let's put in that request. [He gives her a small smirk.] First fight's for Sephiroth, but I'll save you the second one.
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You're not wrong. And he doesn't really care about fighting anybody but me.
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[A pause, as Cloud tries to think of another one.]
And mess with people on the network...anyway, I haven't been able to fight him this whole time, it sucks. It's...kind of our thing.
[To put it mildly.
'Swiss cheese for brains' takes him off-guard with how casual it is, but he decides he's not complaining. Saying it like that makes it seem like it looms over him a little less.
He considers the rest of what she says carefully.]
So...you're saying that trying to figure out who I am now won't work?
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[Cloud gives her a dubious look.]
But if I've been doing it all along, how come I still don't have an answer?
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[And he knows Sephiroth is, too. A forever question...well, that sounds a little torturous, but maybe Vaggie's right that whether or not he's back in fighting form doesn't hold nearly as much weight as he thought it might, in terms of getting in the way.
And maybe he doesn't have to completely figure it out before he graduates. Like she said - maybe he just has to figure out how to be okay with the answer he finds.
...plus, he really does want to kick Sephiroth's ass again.]
Okay. I'm game. Let's put in that request. [He gives her a small smirk.] First fight's for Sephiroth, but I'll save you the second one.
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