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[spikyheaded]

Done poking fun yet?

[He's just going to try to play it cool. Good thing this wasn't a conversation they were having in person.]

[sefirot]

It's not "poking fun" to speak about how you truly feel.

[spikyheaded]

Let's say what you said is hypothetically true then. How is it that you know all that?

[sefirot]

By now you should know what it is that binds us together.

[spikyheaded]

Whatever this Reunion is, right?

[sefirot]

Yes, but also much more.

[spikyheaded]

What else is there?

[sefirot]

I'm a shadow forever burned upon your heart. A scar that will never heal. A darkness that lasts forever. And you are the anchor by which I stand.

[spikyheaded]

It's hard to take tou seriously with all of... that

[Yes, he means the sparkles.]

[sefirot]

Would you prefer to have this conversation in person, Cloud?

[spikyheaded]

If it means I can keep an eye on you, then sure. Why not?

[sefirot]

Very well. Where?

[spikyheaded]

The fountain. By the plaza.

[sefirot]

See you soon, Cloud.

[spikyheaded]

[Cloud is at the fountain within a few minutes after sending the message, glad to be done with the eye sore that showed up with every one of Sephiroth's messages. He's unsure what to expect, but hopefully, it'll be answers to what Sephiroth has been alluding to for a while now.

When Sephiroth arrives, he'll find Cloud sitting on a bench by the fountain, elbows resting on his legs.]

[sefirot]

[Sephiroth arrives from the sky, landing beside the bench with a few feathers littering the ground pronouncing his dramatic arrival.]

Hello, Cloud.

[spikyheaded]

[Sephiroth's entrance catches Cloud off-guard and he's immediately on his feet, hand on his sword. Even here, he shouldn't let his guard down with Sephiroth.]

Can't even show up normally, can you?

[sefirot]

[Always so excitable, Cloud. At least Sephiroth doesn't voice that thought. But the reaction still pleases him.]

What would you consider normal?

[spikyheaded]

[There he goes with the mind games yet again. Cloud clicks his tongue, not relaxing his stance for a moment.]

It's not important. That's not what we're here to talk about.

[sefirot]

And yet it was important enough for you to remark upon.

[Why discuss the reason they both originally came here when they can talk about that instead?]

[spikyheaded]

Forget I even said it.

[He waves a hand in front of him, hoping that will be he end of it.]

What's this Reunion you keep going on about?

[sefirot]

[That seems to work, for now. He'll drop it since Cloud's asked the important question.]

The reunion is when all those who hear her call come together.

[spikyheaded]

Whose call are you talking about?

[sefirot]

[Mother.]

Jenova.

[spikyheaded]

Why would Jenova be calling anyone? Does it have anything to do you being back at Shinra HQ—

[But Cloud suddenly pauses, trying to recall the events of that night. Before he had found himself in Songerien. Parts of it are a blur and not because of the time that has passed. Was Sephiroth really there then? He remembered seeing him but he couldn't get close to him. Not with the hooded entities stopping him before he could close the distance.

So instead, he tries a different approach.]

What's Jenova got to do with any of it?