001. welcome to my world

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...who were they...?

and dammit! those were my only pair of goggles!

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[It's her absolute weakness: someone who seems to care for her, someone who seems to want to be with her, she can give everything to. It's the only way she knows to try to keep them near her.]

Then, look. With your mind's eye.

[There's a mental image Cloud may not be expecting at all: Ami, tall and proud, training the young and equally proud Sephiroth; another dream.]

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that's... new.

...

this... is where he kills me? he's awfully... short to pull that off...

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Not at all.

This is where you can begin to see his weaknesses.

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[just like that there's a sharpness that jumps the entire situation into focus, as if ever edge is cut glass and minute details snap to the fore. When he fights, this is the way things feel inside Cloud's head and even time seems to slow down, suddenly manageable and controlled. If he could live his entire life this way, he's feel free. But it only happens when he's lost in the thick of a fight. It's... been a long time since he's had that clarity.]

Show me.

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[She can help him cut loose.

The scenes take place, and since the whole purpose of the training is to bring out Sephiroth's abilities and close his weaknesses, both are evident. He's younger, here; he hasn't learned to shape himself into the amazing warrior he'll become.]

You can match him, can't you?

He once mentioned you taking his life.

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Killed him twice. The problem is finding a way to keep him dead.

and I wasn't dying those times either...

If I lose, it's the end of every life on my planet.

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Sounds familiar. [And with this mental bond, it's easy to see past the light tone to the deadly serious battles.]

So I found the way to finally destroy that girl, before she ended the planet this time. [Not the same methods, of course, but: You can do the same, Cloud.]

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how far am I willing to go to end Sephiroth once and for all...? What would I sacrifice?

What wouldn't I?

won't know until I'm given the choice.

Hm. I'll find a way. [it's by no means sure - but it is stubborn. Often, that's all he's got anyway.]

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[She can 'hear' you, Cloud.]

It might take being willing to do it, no matter what.

It might take deciding anything is fine, if it brings you to that victory.

ironically in canon it's *Cloud* that Sephiroth's attached himself to as access to the world

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my family...

my friends...

Aerith's world...

things I won't pay, not even for freedom from the devil.

I'll defeat him. As many times as I need to.

poor cloud D:

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Then you and I are the same in that.

Beryl. The princess.

wrapping this up time?

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wouldn't have doubted it

Ami...

thanks.

For being here.

sure <3 good spot for it

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I'll be here.

[There's no always; but it's close.]