[Cloud wasn't angry. guarded definitely summed up how he was feeling right now. gone were his companions. gone was the person who helped him piece his real self together again. for all he knew, Sephiroth had gotten to them. or Shinra. or Meteor had fallen already and now this was...]
... [Selphie. the name rings clear in his head. but nobody is there to answer her. there was nothing. the name held no significance to him. as far as he was concerned, she was fake to him. if she knew him, she either had the completely wrong guy who looked just like him, or- no, that wouldn't make sense. it wasn't adding up.]
......
[the only thing that was preventing him from coldly shutting her down and telling her to get lost and stop messing with his memories was how hurt she seemed by his actions. and yet...that, he needed to be careful about too. this could have all been some strange ploy of his own mind to try and fill in a blank in his own screwed up mind. though that shouldn't have been the case anymore.]
Sorry. I don't know any Selphie. You got the wrong guy. [it was as good of a coping mechanism to just let her down honestly as any, otherwise that splitting headache from before would just come back. the previous edge in his voice has dulled some. but it's clear now. whatever was real or not, the one truth was that Selphie was no longer speaking with her old friend]
dangit onions.
... [Selphie. the name rings clear in his head. but nobody is there to answer her. there was nothing. the name held no significance to him. as far as he was concerned, she was fake to him. if she knew him, she either had the completely wrong guy who looked just like him, or- no, that wouldn't make sense. it wasn't adding up.]
......
[the only thing that was preventing him from coldly shutting her down and telling her to get lost and stop messing with his memories was how hurt she seemed by his actions. and yet...that, he needed to be careful about too. this could have all been some strange ploy of his own mind to try and fill in a blank in his own screwed up mind. though that shouldn't have been the case anymore.]
Sorry. I don't know any Selphie. You got the wrong guy. [it was as good of a coping mechanism to just let her down honestly as any, otherwise that splitting headache from before would just come back. the previous edge in his voice has dulled some. but it's clear now. whatever was real or not, the one truth was that Selphie was no longer speaking with her old friend]