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[nimbuster]

[Cloud sighs, too, a little sharply.]

No. I'm not doing this. You don't believe me, fine. You don't have to. Just...tell me if you run into him. Please. It's not just a matter of hurting people or fighting, he could do even worse. To you, specifically.

[If the adult got it into his head to take over his younger self or turn him against the rest of them with Jenova's power - or against Gaia, just to make some awful point - there's no way in hell the kid would be able to fight it.]

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[Things he's not likely to do until he understands why he should: tell cloud if he encounters the older Sephiroth.]

I'm guessing the answer is 'none'. You should think about that for a while.

[His future self had cared quite a bit about Cloud. But people can only take so much provocation.]

...We're all here for a reason, Cloud. Every single one of us, and it's not to fight each other. Don't lose track of what's really important.

[nimbuster]

You're guessing wrong. But it doesn't matter what I say. You're dead set on this all being in my head, and I get it. You don't want me to be right because of what it might say about you, if this is one possibility for your future.

It's not your future anymore. I'm sure of it.

Just...stick with Gaia. I'll check in again later.

[miniroth]

This doesn't say anything at all about me. I already know how this ends. And it's everything I've ever--

[He cuts himself off. It doesn't matter. None of this did. In another decade, fifteen years, he'd be on the other side of the equation and then it would matter. But then it would be his problem. Right now it isn't.]

...Fine.