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[silverhound]

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How come I have to have a "silver turd" and a "blind dude" as roommates? They both suck!
Who came up with this idea? This is stupid.

Might kick them out. They're too noisy.

Does anyone even like their roommates? Mine are annoying. Let's do a trade.

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[silverhound]

...really bad people. The same folks who almost destroyed the world, sorta.

They're called the Shinra Corporation. They did a lot of horrible things when they were "governing". Even with these memories not being mine alone, my brothers and I know just how shady Shinra is.

Their leader is Rufus Shinra, the son of the old bastard-in-chief.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

Did you and your brothers overthrow them?

( Because that's precisely where her mind goes. If atrocities were occurring, she would have stamped this corporation (whatever that word might mean) out from existence. )

[silverhound]

Not exactly since we weren't "alive" for that but "Mother" defied them as did....He.

Sephiroth.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

I'm missing a great deal of context here, I assume.

How did your family defy them?

[silverhound]

Well, Mother...decided she wanted to destroy the entire planet. She told Sephiroth to do it but he failed.

He killed many people in the process but he failed since "Big Brother" defeated him.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

That is extreme. Were things with the populace or the world as a whole so dire?

( She's not liking the sound of that tbh. There's burning a government or regime to the ground and then burning innocents. )

I have always said that I would take what is mine with fire and blood. But mostly to crush the wheel keeping the people downtrodden. It would be difficult to rule a pile of ashes.

[silverhound]

[At one point, this story used to make absolute sense to him. Now, as he is reciting it, Loz is starting to feel the same. Did his brothers and him do a bad thing by helping Mother? It seems like it...]

Mother never wanted to rule. She wanted to kill, they both did.

Mother created us to destroy everything like she done in worlds before. Sephiroth, he....he wanted revenge more than she but they both wanted death.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

( A being who'd destroyed entire worlds would never receive any sympathy from her. But one thing stands out starkly: )

So in essence, both you and your brothers were her instruments, her weapon to do so?

You are a living being, capable of following your own path. It would be one thing had you chosen to follow her, but you have not indicated that you had any reason to seek revenge upon thousands of innocents.

( There's a pause. ) You can do that here; chart and follow your own path. No ties need bind you to this Sephiroth's fate.

[silverhound]

Worse than weapons, we were...puppets. Mother only made us to get Sephiroth back. We never met him but we have all his memories. We even have his strength and power too. It's all...divided between us.

I hate it. I hate having someone else's memories in my head. I want my own memories, not his!

[Finally, he's starting...to think for himself. Loz had no choice but to start thinking without someone else to guide him. He had to start thinking for himself the second he awoken.]

Right. I'm not Sephiroth. I don't want to be him! I want to be myself, I want to be who I can become and not live in his shadow.

I want to be me, Loz.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

That is unacceptable. Better for you, then, to be parted from her company.

I can't say I know what that's like, but you will be able to make your own memories here. They won't be his, or even your brothers', but something none can take from you.

( And Dany fully encourages it, as she had with her Unsullied army and Missandei. )

Then you will be. It is good to make your acquaintance, Loz. My name is Daenerys Targaryen.

[silverhound]

It's good to make your acquaintance too, Queen Daenerys Targaryen.

[Well, look at that. He's learning about some of that etiquette slowly but surely. Still, he has a long way to go.]

I have no idea what's going to happen on this world but I don't want to see it end. With Mother gone, I think we're safe but my brothers...
What if they wake up and still want to complete her will?

I know it makes no sense to worry about this now but still, I'm not going to hurt anyone. Not much at least. Some people deserve to get punched.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

You learn quickly. That's going to serve you well in the days to come.

( Adaptability in new or difficult situations is crucial; this is most definitely a compliment. )

If that day should come, then you would not be alone in putting a stop to them. I'm certain these people don't want their world to be destroyed any more than we do. My own brother was a violent, cruel idiot. Should I find him among those who slumber, I would put him down myself.

Nor will I, unless it is deserved. I believe you and I may agree on that score.