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[ysobritish]

Whatever it is, surely it can wait? [Sigh.] Fine. If it is truly so important, leave a message and I will get back to you.

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[argentcruelty]

He's back. Sephiroth.

[ysobritish]

...I know. [Liquid sounds a little spooked.] I didn't expect him to be so... casual.

[argentcruelty]

[Neither did Kadaj.] I can't sense him so well. I saw the post on the network before I realised...

[ysobritish]

Perhaps he's weakened. We have no way of knowing when or where he came from.

[argentcruelty]

Maybe. I prefer it this way. It doesn't feel like drowning.

-I'm going to meet him.

[ysobritish]

...alone?

[Liquid frowns, and nods, understanding.]

To fight, or to talk?

[argentcruelty]

I don't know. I don't think I'm strong enough to fight him yet.

Brother will probably come too. [Moral support was always nice.]

[ysobritish]

You're stronger than you think. [A slight pause.] Your instincts will likely lead you right. If you feel you can get something from this encounter, even if you don't know what it is, then go for it. There's no need to fight him yet unless he turns hostile, after all.

[He would offer to go too, but he suspects this is something he shouldn't get involved in. It's too personal an issue.]

[argentcruelty]

[A length of rather strained silence.]

...I look like him, don't I?

[ysobritish]

You look better.

[The words are careless, but honest.]

I can see the similarities, now that I know to look. But there's differences too.

[argentcruelty]

Better... [There's a frown in his voice.]

I've never seen him before. I spoke to him, last time he was here. But I'd never... [A pause.] It's like looking at myself. And my brothers. Like we always looked like that. Like I knew, but I'd forgotten.

[It's hard to see the differences when you're so caught up with similarities.]

[ysobritish]

You're not exactly the same. If you were, I would never have spoken to him. It's like Father and I - the same at base, but differing in some aspects. Look at Yazoo. He's not identical to Sephiroth, he's just very similar in a lot of ways. When you came into existence, your bodies probably filled in the blanks.

[After all, fragments weren't whole. For them to exist, they would have needed to fill in certain aspects on the physical level at least. Or so Liquid assumed.]

[Jokingly:] Maybe you should dye your hair.

[argentcruelty]

Dye my hair? [Frowning so much.] You think I should?

[ysobritish]

...you can if you want. [He may be fidgetting a little.] But if you do, maybe you should dye Yazoo's hair too, so he doesn't feel left out.

[Snicker.]

[argentcruelty]

What difference would it make? [He... doesn't quite get the point.]

[ysobritish]

Not much. It would make you look a little different, though. Although you already do look different to him, Kadaj.