...For the longest time, I figured this place was a good thing. That him and me being here meant that the Planet... Our planet, could be safe. Neither of us're good for it. And this one's dying anyway. I figured if I could keep him here, stay here too, then...
[Defeatist. A flawed sentiment too. If anything, because of the situation he'd came from. Because he, himself, without manipulation, doomed the planet by handing over the Black Materia to him. He says it lowly, carefully- if anything, because this was his first time saying what'd been his plan to anyone, even Aerith. Even Tifa.
...Even Nier. Who... Given his situation, everything he'd done to his own world, got it better than anyone.
But Zack's different. Cloud's unguarded around him. There's no reason to keep anything from him. Ever.]
...It was a bad idea. This way, telling Sephiroth everything... [Slight pause.] ...I don't get this kind of thing. Different timelines, all that shit. But someone explained it all to me. If Aerith's from my future, Sephiroth's from my past, then all of us're living. At once. Just normally, we'd never know.
[ No-one knows whether or not going back means forgetting what happened here, but people go back. If Sephiroth remembered...]
...It's worth a shot. Telling him everything, letting him know the documents in the bottom of that mansion're bullshit, then it gives him a choice. He could leave Nibelheim before you guys went into the reactor. Hell, he could go back and do the exact same thing. But he ain't gonna buy all of that stuff about being a Cetra. And if he remembers...
[Identical eyes meet, as he looks into Zack's face.]
... He won't lose it. Then some version of you, somewhere, doesn't get hurt. Tifa doesn't either- We don't get split up, and in some version of our Planet, Nibelheim doesn't happen. That version of you probably gets to see Aerith again, too. We won't see it. That happening doesn't mean our situations change. But...
[A small shake of the head. And his eyes drop.]
Somewhere, things don't go to shit. Worth it, if you ask me.
[And. Importantly:
I'm glad though. That... she doesn't hold it against you. [Another quiet pause.] ...Really glad.
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[Defeatist. A flawed sentiment too. If anything, because of the situation he'd came from. Because he, himself, without manipulation, doomed the planet by handing over the Black Materia to him. He says it lowly, carefully- if anything, because this was his first time saying what'd been his plan to anyone, even Aerith. Even Tifa.
...Even Nier. Who...
Given his situation, everything he'd done to his own world, got it better than anyone.
But Zack's different. Cloud's unguarded around him. There's no reason to keep anything from him. Ever.]
...It was a bad idea. This way, telling Sephiroth everything... [Slight pause.] ...I don't get this kind of thing. Different timelines, all that shit. But someone explained it all to me. If Aerith's from my future, Sephiroth's from my past, then all of us're living. At once. Just normally, we'd never know.
[ No-one knows whether or not going back means forgetting what happened here, but people go back. If Sephiroth remembered...]
...It's worth a shot. Telling him everything, letting him know the documents in the bottom of that mansion're bullshit, then it gives him a choice. He could leave Nibelheim before you guys went into the reactor. Hell, he could go back and do the exact same thing. But he ain't gonna buy all of that stuff about being a Cetra. And if he remembers...
[Identical eyes meet, as he looks into Zack's face.]
... He won't lose it.
Then some version of you, somewhere, doesn't get hurt. Tifa doesn't either- We don't get split up, and in some version of our Planet, Nibelheim doesn't happen. That version of you probably gets to see Aerith again, too. We won't see it. That happening doesn't mean our situations change. But...
[A small shake of the head. And his eyes drop.]
Somewhere, things don't go to shit. Worth it, if you ask me.
[And. Importantly:
I'm glad though. That... she doesn't hold it against you. [Another quiet pause.] ...Really glad.