It was not so unusual for Vincent to be comforting someone who'd been through a trauma. He'd taken care of Tseng and Elena after what the Remnants did to them, he'd helped a few people after the Battle Royale incident, he'd spoken with Reeve after Deep Ground had attacked, and helped to nurse Anael back to health somewhat, before... well. That
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Vincent sits next to him on the bed, gentle and silent.
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Cloud pulls up a chair to sit next to the bed.
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Angeal stays where he is, humming a quiet lullaby, while Vincent joins Cloud in feeling awkward.
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Cloud squeezes Sephiroth's hand again, trying to calm him down.
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"He kept calling me - 'beautiful' - 'perfect' - I hated it, I'm not beautiful, I'm not perfect - wouldn't listen - when I told him not to - just kept calling me that--" He sucks in a breath that seems to sear his chest like the pierce of a hot knife, but barely notices the pain this time. "Wanted - to scream. Want to scream."
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Vincent gives a bitter sort of laugh. "No one is perfect. And if you want to scream, do. Maybe it will help."
When he fails to elaborate on the other topic, Cloud steps in. "You're pretty-- and that's not a bad thing. Don't let him make you feel bad for it, okay? ...To be really beautiful, where it really counts... that doesn't have to do with what you can see. I'm... not exactly the best person to be preaching this; I know I've screwed it up more times than I can count, but... accept who you are. Like Angeal would say, 'be proud of who you are.' Be good to people, and you'll be more beautiful than he could ever hope to get his sick mind around."
"Cloud--" Vincent interjected, "It's not the same thing." He thought on what he wanted to say, then spoke. "If you throw away everything he said, you throw away the truth with the lies. The joy with the pain. Listen. You are beautiful. Not in the way he wanted ( ... )
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"I...I don't...understand. How am I...beautiful...or perfect...in any way...?" He shakes his head slightly. "I am...twisted. Warped. Disgusting. I can never be beautiful - I can never be pure." He thinks of his own Cloud at that, and a few tears escape.
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