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[unknownjoy]

[ It's hard to tell if someone is insane and perhaps shouldn't be given godlike powers over a short video call. ]

I would appreciate it.

[ Kirei apparently makes a very mild-mannered warden, at least. ]

Well. It's been a pleasure, Mister Sephiroth.

[sefirot]

[He's completely insane.]

I imagine you'll contact me again when you wish to meet.

[unknownjoy]

Yes, I'll do so after you send the list.

[ He plans to give Sephiroth a week or so before poking at him again. ]

And if there's anything else, aside from your powers, that you need in the meantime, please feel free to contact me as well.

[sefirot]

[Right. The list. Thats going to be a long list.]

My weapon of choice is something else I desire, but I doubt that you'd be willing to offer that either.

[unknownjoy]

[ Lineface. ]

Do you think having your weapon and your powers back will help you?

Or do you just want them because they're yours?

[sefirot]

They are both a part of who I am, is that not enough?

[unknownjoy]

[ No... ]

I don't make decisions based on principles without first attempting to understand the risks and benefits.

[sefirot]

It amuses me how many are afraid of what I might do with a weapon, despite that I had free access to one already.

[unknownjoy]

Well, usually someone wouldn't destroy a place, even if they could, if that place still had something they wanted. But I also don't think a warden's fear is a good reason to keep your powers from you if having them back might help you graduate.

What was the weapon you had access to? [ Just curious. ]

[sefirot]

The buster sword. It is the weapon Zack is currently carrying.

[unknownjoy]

You have my admiration. It can't be easy to wield a weapon like that.

[sefirot]

It's a toy compared to my own.

[unknownjoy]

If your abilities are really that remarkable, then I imagine most weapons must seem like toys.

[sefirot]

This is true. But the masamune is not known for others being able to wield it effectively. Zack's sword has been used by two --

[There's a small pause ...]

Three individuals over the years.

It is not the same.

[Tifa did pick up his sword once, but that ultimately didn't go well for her.]

[unknownjoy]

If the sword is uniquely yours, it's understandable that you would want it back.

But have you considered that having your weapon and your abilities taken, rightly or wrongly, is an opportunity to reflect on who you are without them?

[sefirot]

Being dead for five years does the same thing, does it not? I know who I am. Being with or without them does not change that.

[unknownjoy]

Isn't that enough, then?

As for whether being dead for five years does the same thing - I wouldn't know since I've never been dead for any length of time.

[sefirot]

I've been in the lifestream a few times. It is no less than living, except no physical connection to the planet. In some ways more freeing than being alive.

Of course, death for me is not the same as death for others. My essence did not join up with the planet and I exist regardless of having a physical body.

[unknownjoy]

Why is death different for you?

[sefirot]

Because my will is stronger death. I'm eternal because I want to be.

Others are consumed, their energy -- life, memories, experiences all become one with the planet.

[unknownjoy]

[ That gets a look, but he isn't going to argue about statements he has no way to evaluate either way. ]

It's my understanding that the whole point of the Barge is to save people from death. If you're eternal, then being here must seem absurd. The redemption offered by the Admiral: worthless.

Is that correct?

[sefirot]

[He's not nearly as immortal as he makes himself out to be. While he's still super powerful even in death, he's also more like that of a ghost hanging on purely out if spite.]

More importantly why do I need redemption? What makes the morals of those here more correct than mine?

[unknownjoy]

[ He doesn't know why you need redemption, Sephiroth. He just met you, and the Admiral said temporary wardens were not to expect a file - ]

... If you were to ask that last question to every warden here, I suspect each one would provide you with a different answer.

[sefirot]

Which is exactly my point. Everyone has different views, so what makes some more important than others? What makes those with the title of warden worthy of it?

[unknownjoy]

It's a good point. Everyone has different views, so if I told you the beliefs and values I use to evaluate moral claims - there's no reason for you to take any of that seriously since it's just one opinion among many.

[ Kirei talking about morals is the most unhelpful. ]

... Not only that, but as a mere mortal, warden or not, it would be presumptuous to think I have any right to hold a being so much older and more powerful to my own standards.