"No," Sephiroth says softly, gaze slightly distant. "Even when I was in SOLDIER...there weren't many people with more distaste for ShinRa than myself. It was simply all I knew. All I was made for. I had no other purpose or structure in my life, no one I knew outside of the company. I wanted any other life, but in the way that a fish might desire to walk. Not only did it seem impossible on every conceivable level, but I couldn't even begin to fathom what a life outside ShinRa could be like, or what I would do with one if I had it."
The fact that fish did eventually learn how to walk, all the same...perhaps that's a rather apt extension of Sephiroth's metaphor.
After a moment he shakes off whatever inner thoughts he's having(for the moment), eyes focusing on Wedge again. "I will also say that during my last mission for them, I discovered just how deep their lies and depravities ran, in particular when it came to me. So you can trust that if it came to burning the company down, you and I would only disagree over who would strike the match."
He looks at Wedge for a moment, and ends up saying what he's thinking. "I envy those of you in AVALANCHE. In all the time I was alive, I almost never fought for something I believed in, or could take pride in." He averts his gaze. "Other than the few friends I made...it was an empty waste of a life. And I fear that even more than ShinRa, it was the fault of my own cowardice."
He shakes his head. "...but why am I saying this? Whatever you followed me for, it wasn't to listen to my regrets. They hardly have meaning here, in any case. What did you wish to speak to me about?"
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The fact that fish did eventually learn how to walk, all the same...perhaps that's a rather apt extension of Sephiroth's metaphor.
After a moment he shakes off whatever inner thoughts he's having(for the moment), eyes focusing on Wedge again. "I will also say that during my last mission for them, I discovered just how deep their lies and depravities ran, in particular when it came to me. So you can trust that if it came to burning the company down, you and I would only disagree over who would strike the match."
He looks at Wedge for a moment, and ends up saying what he's thinking. "I envy those of you in AVALANCHE. In all the time I was alive, I almost never fought for something I believed in, or could take pride in." He averts his gaze. "Other than the few friends I made...it was an empty waste of a life. And I fear that even more than ShinRa, it was the fault of my own cowardice."
He shakes his head. "...but why am I saying this? Whatever you followed me for, it wasn't to listen to my regrets. They hardly have meaning here, in any case. What did you wish to speak to me about?"