"Yes, yes exactly!" Ales snapped his fingers and pointed at Sephiroth. "Especially when it's to change something for the better! I'm not doing it for myself!"
"Don't lie to yourself! We want everyone to know that we were right all along, and they were in the wrong to think we'd amount to nothing! If it meant overthrowing Polokus, if it meant working with awful people, if it meant locking Betillia up - our only friend - we'd do it!" The Shadow's eyes began to water. "It wasn't even worth it."
"Stop that nonsense!" Ales spat his Calamity self. "I'm not doing it for the attention? Do you think I would have done it if people were more logical? If they realized that their 'beloved' leader constantly put them in danger? That I was going to fix everything?" He didn't know why he was saying all thing. Perhaps it was to provide a quick explanation for those gathered in the room. If they were to think less of him, he had to give them his good reasons.
"But you failed. Just like everything else you do."
"Don't..." His eyes widened in shock, unable to find a lie in that.
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"Don't lie to yourself! We want everyone to know that we were right all along, and they were in the wrong to think we'd amount to nothing! If it meant overthrowing Polokus, if it meant working with awful people, if it meant locking Betillia up - our only friend - we'd do it!" The Shadow's eyes began to water. "It wasn't even worth it."
"Stop that nonsense!" Ales spat his Calamity self. "I'm not doing it for the attention? Do you think I would have done it if people were more logical? If they realized that their 'beloved' leader constantly put them in danger? That I was going to fix everything?" He didn't know why he was saying all thing. Perhaps it was to provide a quick explanation for those gathered in the room. If they were to think less of him, he had to give them his good reasons.
"But you failed. Just like everything else you do."
"Don't..." His eyes widened in shock, unable to find a lie in that.