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"Fate" (Sephiroth's memories, and thoughts about why he was defeated by Cloud.)

'Why, how could he have beaten me,
Was it fate, or a force I could not see?'

'The vengeance he sought, the pain I caused,
The moment of truth and valor, the warrior paused.'

'Why, why did he pause when we met,
Did he know of this moment, was fate set?'

'Those emerald blue eyes I saw that day,
Was it fear, I truly can not say.
I caused him so much sorrow, the girl I killed, the town I burned,
I was the stronger one, the one destined to be a God, had fate turned?'

'Why, how could he of foiled my plans,
Was I the puppet, and the puppet master his hands?'

'The sword of legends, Masamune, the one used to kill,
My thirst for ultimate power, was it unable to fill?
Had fate dealt me a bad hand, or was fate even there,
Too full of greed and power, was my madness to much too bear?'

'Why did Jenova, the calamity from the skies, use me,
Lured into pseudo pride, blinded so I could not see?'

'Legend, I had died at the end of the Wutai War.
Truth, I did not die, but was controlled by the calamity.
Back, now to understand my fate.
Rage, it was my quest for power only to have it taken from me.
Fate.'

[Here I lay, floating aimlessly in a river of life.
Why me, why couldn't it have been Strife?
Here shall I lie for all eternity, to beg forgiveness, from all creation.
Until my time surfaces, and I welcome the Silver Redemption.
Fate.]