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[spikyheaded]

[The message is certainly a surprise when it comes in. Cloud had been tight-lipped about the occasion, not wanting any sort of fanfare, even forgetting about the date itself. But to get a greeting? From Sephiroth of all people?]

What do you want?

[sefirot]

You tell me. What do I want?

[spikyheaded]

I don't have time for your riddles. If you want something, spit it out.

[sefirot]

Is it a riddle when you already know the answer?

[spikyheaded]

Wouldn't be asking if I knew.

[sefirot]

You would if you didn't like the answer.

[spikyheaded]

What's that supposed to mean?

[sefirot]

How much of yourself do you continue to deny?

[spikyheaded]

I'm not denying anything.

[sefirot]

You deny what you don't want to see.

[spikyheaded]

What am I not seeing then?

[sefirot]

The truth.

[Don't worry he's not going to just leave it at that.]

If this is a dream, then how do you know youre real?

[spikyheaded]

I

[Cloud stops himself from writing, not certain how he is supposed to reply to something like that. That hadn't been something that crossed his mind since his arrival. Sure, there were times in his waking hours when he had moments of self-doubt, but him being real?

I don't know what you're talking about.

[sefirot]

Are those you see within your dreams real or just constructs of the mind? Is this your dream or another's?

[spikyheaded]

[Cloud is glad that this is over the journals and not face-to-face. Otherwise the growing uncertainty might give him away.]

Doesn't matter what you say, Sephiroth. I'm sure this is my dream.

[sefirot]

If so, why am I here, Cloud? Do you dream of me?

[spikyheaded]

[Okay, that is the final straw. Sephiroth doesn't get a reply back as Cloud dismisses his journal away.

Little does he know that there was more torment in store for the rest of his birthday. This probably why he doesn't celebrate it.]