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Sephiroth's and Zack's Musings
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Looking at the Sky
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Sephiroth, Angeal, Genesis were lying down, facing the sky that one of the Training Programs generated. Even if artificial, it was a good escape from the Shin-Ra's headquarters ever dark ceiling, closing them in the building like wild animals. Closing their dreams, their hopes, an ever fading illusion. The darkness of the walls casted shadows in their hearts. Depressing place, that corrupted intellect and awareness. When facing freedom like that, the three friends liked to discuss philosophy and to engage in deep conversation about the rules of the world.
"I wonder… I believe that beyond death" started Sephiroth fixating the sky "We do not feel anything. We will just lie there, dead and silent until the insects of the earth start to erode our bodies; and our souls, if such a thing exists, will fade away."
"However" said Angeal, pointing his finger to the sky "What about the stories about the Promised Land? Do you think they are real? After all, there's all those tales about the Ancients, that ruled the planet, and that after death our souls would travel in the Lifestream, following the flow of life…"
There was some silence after those words.
"Which means…?" asked Genesis cocking an eyebrow.
"Which means" said Angeal again, pointing his finger to the sky "That after death there's a new life, waiting for us, better and more righteous."
"…Probably" corrected Sephiroth.
"Yes, probably" said Angeal closing his eyes. They fell into silence again, distracting dreams wandering their unfortunate souls.
"Sometimes, people ask – 'Why should dreams fall?' Such matters like the one we previously discuss are the ones that originate this kind of questions" said Genesis.
Sephiroth smiled absently "It is not a question, however, that people make to these words. It is one of our rules. One of the many rules mortals possess."
"Indeed."
The birds stopped singing, and a final breeze oscillated the tree's branches. They fell in silence.
"Sometimes" began Sephiroth smiling "When I am alone, and I look up to the sky, I see the lives of the people that were born and that fell on the surface. Printed on the stars I can see the love, and the loathing, the union and the hatred that humans feel for each other. I found it amusing, that the universe, that looks to us from above, can actually be marked by such small influences like us."
"I didn't know you could be so sincere, Seph" said Genesis, turning his head to the general. "It's a surprise to hear you open up like that."
"The world could not be more absent from my words" he answered, smiling again. Then he laughed "I am so tired of my work, of the assignments, of the war. But when I look at the clouds, they look so harmless and so carefree. I envy them."
His two friends didn't answer.
"You are a surprise, Seph" said Angeal "no one knew there was a heart beneath that mask."
"Indeed. Maybe it's just a protection for what people might discover" Sephiroth said, and a wide smile appeared in his face.
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Author's Notes: Not humorous, and short as hell, I know, but Sephiroth's friendship with Angeal and Genesis really inspires me to write some friendship fanfiction.
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