[It is an unnerving feeling to be treated as 'prey.' Certainly not the first time she's experienced it, she thinks. When she considers how very long she has lived with the Turks repeatedly trying to bring her back to Shinra's headquarters. No doubt with little other interest than to set her into the grasp of where she was when she was just a child.
When Sephiroth does it, however, she seems to know, or at least suspect, that he's toying with her. Gauging reaction, she thinks. Thus it is imperative that she not give him one. That she not play herself into his hands. Standing with him in the 'then,' in the 'there,' she cannot help feeling that it's a strangely prominent moment. Perhaps they are meant to be here. Perhaps, they have always been meant to meet this way.
Maybe not here specifically. Maybe not this moment specifically.
Foils of one another in ways they may both realise.]
All you can do is speculate. We don't know either way. Fill yourself on self-indulgent dreams if you need to. It won't bring you any closer to the truth.
[Only delusions of grandeur, something that Sephiroth needs no outright assistance with. When he sets his attention more squarely upon her, she turns to more properly face him. She'll take on his challenge. It's important that she can show him he doesn't scare her.
Even if that's not entirely true. Aerith isn't immune to fear. But what she fears isn't something happening to her. It's something happening to others.]
Don't get people involved who don't need to be involved. I'll interfere where I have to, but right now? All I want to do is keep the peace and figure out how to send all of us back where we belong. Including you.
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When Sephiroth does it, however, she seems to know, or at least suspect, that he's toying with her. Gauging reaction, she thinks. Thus it is imperative that she not give him one. That she not play herself into his hands. Standing with him in the 'then,' in the 'there,' she cannot help feeling that it's a strangely prominent moment. Perhaps they are meant to be here. Perhaps, they have always been meant to meet this way.
Maybe not here specifically. Maybe not this moment specifically.
Foils of one another in ways they may both realise.]
All you can do is speculate. We don't know either way. Fill yourself on self-indulgent dreams if you need to. It won't bring you any closer to the truth.
[Only delusions of grandeur, something that Sephiroth needs no outright assistance with. When he sets his attention more squarely upon her, she turns to more properly face him. She'll take on his challenge. It's important that she can show him he doesn't scare her.
Even if that's not entirely true. Aerith isn't immune to fear. But what she fears isn't something happening to her. It's something happening to others.]
Don't get people involved who don't need to be involved. I'll interfere where I have to, but right now? All I want to do is keep the peace and figure out how to send all of us back where we belong. Including you.