Angeal does not live in a world where someone else being worse somehow makes his own actions better. It didn't even begin to absolve what they themselves had done. What he had done.
That's why he's here at all. The lifestream had been willing to take him, he'd felt no suffering, no pain, only the welcoming pull of knowing his mother and father were waiting, but there were things.. he couldn't let go of. And a part of that was definitely Zack.
Maybe one of the biggest parts. Death being irrevocable meant he couldn't do anything about it then, and he could make some measure of peace with it, especially with the fog of degradation making it seem like just the right decision.
Even without that regret he wouldn't have pushed Zack away. He catches the only marginally smaller man easily (and will never admit the half-step back is from a lack of power these days), and maybe it was a long overdue hug, because he's also not letting go any time soon. Even if his grip is tight, he doesn't have the strength thanks to the Admiral to make it painful, not to a SOLDIER.
Genesis was gone. Sephiroth was gone, the man he is now a stranger in his skin.
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Date: 2025-01-17 09:12 pm (UTC)That's why he's here at all. The lifestream had been willing to take him, he'd felt no suffering, no pain, only the welcoming pull of knowing his mother and father were waiting, but there were things.. he couldn't let go of. And a part of that was definitely Zack.
Maybe one of the biggest parts. Death being irrevocable meant he couldn't do anything about it then, and he could make some measure of peace with it, especially with the fog of degradation making it seem like just the right decision.
Even without that regret he wouldn't have pushed Zack away. He catches the only marginally smaller man easily (and will never admit the half-step back is from a lack of power these days), and maybe it was a long overdue hug, because he's also not letting go any time soon. Even if his grip is tight, he doesn't have the strength thanks to the Admiral to make it painful, not to a SOLDIER.
Genesis was gone. Sephiroth was gone, the man he is now a stranger in his skin.
Zack's still here.