The silence that falls is a whisker away from outright incredulous.
It forces him to review everything said that he could recall of his conversation with Zack, and by the fact that nothing like annoyance or resentment creeps in, he's not finding an explanation. "What," he says with slow carefulness of someone measuring their words and thoughts as they go, "Am I supposed to be asking for help on, exactly, when the subject is whether or not Sephiroth should regain his memories? How is it making me a martyr? How was I being a martyr before?"
Of course Zack's opinions and feelings matter, but how they applied to this, IF they applied to this ... seemed terribly off-base.
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Date: 2025-01-06 04:43 pm (UTC)It forces him to review everything said that he could recall of his conversation with Zack, and by the fact that nothing like annoyance or resentment creeps in, he's not finding an explanation. "What," he says with slow carefulness of someone measuring their words and thoughts as they go, "Am I supposed to be asking for help on, exactly, when the subject is whether or not Sephiroth should regain his memories? How is it making me a martyr? How was I being a martyr before?"
Of course Zack's opinions and feelings matter, but how they applied to this, IF they applied to this ... seemed terribly off-base.