A/N: As promised Kai's History lesson ^_^

"Humor me and let me know if what I am saying is right. You want me to answer questions from people who ask you, the author, and I get to do it as an adult." A child with grey eyes and wild black hair asked a woman wearing a mask.

"That is what I am saying." She replied. "And as of the moment no one has asked questions so these are questions that I thought they would like to know the answers to or that I can take from previous reviews for Chiati."

"Sounds interesting." He replied. She waved her hand and he started to grow. Black hair grew out and shimmered when the light hit it while three pairs of wings erupted from his back. Now full grown with fangs, claws, a tail, wings, and crimson eyes Kai looked a great deal more intimidating. "Much better."

First question: Why do the Chiati have the 'White Illness' which is a great deal like Degradation?

"That would be because the Chiati have Jenova cells. To fully explain this question I need to tell you about how they met Jenova and her sister." Kai replied sitting down on a large throne like chair. "Thousands of years ago Jenova's sister came to the Planet and tried to take over. Unlike Jenova who killed Centra then impersonated them Jenova's sister absorbed energy from the recently deceased Demons that she ran across. In case you are wondering Centra and Demons didn't really meet each other. Centra lived in one part of the Planet and Demons the other.

"Now you would think that a Demon's body would just go straight to the lifestream like every other dead creature, but Demons are unique. They gather energy throughout their lifetimes which causes their body to decay slower. Demons would leave the body on flat slabs of rock to decay to the point that the soul of the dead Demon would be released. Sometimes they would burn the body or cut off the head to help that process happen. So Demons that died in battle usually went to the lifestream a couple of hours after they had 'died'. The soul was still stuck in the body, but they were dead.

"So when Jenova's sister came along and started to pretty much eat the dead bodies energy and souls the Demons had to do something to stop her. They couldn't kill her because they were not strong enough to hurt her after having gotten the equivalent of a SOLDIERS Mako boost several times over. If they got lucky they would kill her, but if they didn't she just got stronger by absorbing the energy of the Demons she killed.

"So an older Demon named Drentil, who was dying, decided that instead of letting Jenova's sister absorb his energy he would give it to his son Eragrass. Eragrass was young, but he was strong for his age. Drentil instructed Eragrass to cut out his heart after he died and eat it. He told Eragrass this because when a Demon dies their energy and a memory of their soul, like an impression, is most concentrated in their heart.

"Eragrass followed his grandfather's instructions and soon this became widespread. Back then Demons fought a lot more so the majority of them were not that strong. Now their strength doubled and within a year of Drentil's death Jenova's sister was dead. This became tradition in order to help their loved ones move on and simply as an act of kindness and respect. Having your body decay while your soul is stuck in it is very unpleasant. Now how this relates to the Chiati. They have a good deal of Demon blood so they kept this tradition and it morphed into eating the heart and sometimes body of the enemy." Kai finished.

"You didn't answer the entire question." Masks pointed out.

"I know. The reason that the Chiati are have Jenova cells is because they beat Jenova and thus ate her heart and some of her body." Kai replied. "So they had Degradation because of that. They simply called it by a different name and learned to deal with it."

Second Question: Is Cloud a Tri-wing?

"No. Not even close." Kai replied flatly.