[Letting the universe balance itself out sounds like such a strange logic, but how can he argue the point when that's... exactly what he's done?
He exhales. It sounds like a sigh, but it's not quite beleaguered enough to count as anything other than performative.]
I understand that.
[As a SOLDIER, whose purpose hinged on whether a mission was successful or not, whether a war was won or not, failure equaled a very highkey version of disappointing the company. Which was, of course, the last thing any employee wanted to do. Even Sephiroth, often more detached from such notions by default, could feel this ingrained in his very way of thinking for so long.
But ever since his arrival here? He doesn't quite feel this way any longer.]
But if you're not happy trying to keep everyone else happy, then what's the point?
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He exhales. It sounds like a sigh, but it's not quite beleaguered enough to count as anything other than performative.]
I understand that.
[As a SOLDIER, whose purpose hinged on whether a mission was successful or not, whether a war was won or not, failure equaled a very highkey version of disappointing the company. Which was, of course, the last thing any employee wanted to do. Even Sephiroth, often more detached from such notions by default, could feel this ingrained in his very way of thinking for so long.
But ever since his arrival here? He doesn't quite feel this way any longer.]
But if you're not happy trying to keep everyone else happy, then what's the point?