[He's still sipping intermittently at his glass of water. He'd come in here potentially to eat something, as well, but the company seemed suddenly much more interesting. Besides, there were still a handful of soldiers also in the hall and he'd much rather eat in the peace and quiet of a bit later, or in his own office somewhere.]

If those 'gifts' have always been your own, how can they not be natural? There has to be affinity before there can be expertise, no matter how hard you work.

[Seldom-used, somewhat philosophical rhetoric from the soldier, who'd have thought?]

I think that I might become concerned, if there ever came a time that I found I wasn't bothered by the concept of coming to terms with it.

[Thus, a molehill-turned-mountain by no one but Sephiroth's own sense of morals, it seems.]

What do you...think?