I'm a realist, [ a correction that confirms his bias, but despite its firmness doesn't sound offended. only someone made of this much weathered steel could carry the conversation anyway. the man moves on with a social ease that Cloud can only passively observe, left to wonder if his attempt at solidarity even resonated at all. ]
[ doesn't matter, probably. surviving is other faces to look at while death's is away. ]
Cloud. [ he uses the wooden spoon to wave. ] Mm, no. AVALANCHE.
[ to confirm it at all is a little foreign on his tongue — especially now, where there is no AVALANCHE. no ShinRa. no more contract or current responsibility. none of this he seems to consider necessary elaborating, of course; "inquisition" is a far more thought-provoking word than a natural disaster to anyone who hasn't been in one. Cloud has a concept of it: a long and daunting task, an exhaustive sleuth into misdeeds, an abrupt conquering. it sounds... holy somehow, or at least the word has a tang of religion on the tongue when he mouths it through his ignorance. he may have spent a lot of time in a church lately, but he's not an especially devout man so it drums up no emotion in particular. ]
What are you "inquisiting"? [ aw look at him, completely naive of the can of worms he's attempting to open. ]
no subject
[ doesn't matter, probably. surviving is other faces to look at while death's is away. ]
Cloud. [ he uses the wooden spoon to wave. ] Mm, no. AVALANCHE.
[ to confirm it at all is a little foreign on his tongue — especially now, where there is no AVALANCHE. no ShinRa. no more contract or current responsibility. none of this he seems to consider necessary elaborating, of course; "inquisition" is a far more thought-provoking word than a natural disaster to anyone who hasn't been in one. Cloud has a concept of it: a long and daunting task, an exhaustive sleuth into misdeeds, an abrupt conquering. it sounds... holy somehow, or at least the word has a tang of religion on the tongue when he mouths it through his ignorance. he may have spent a lot of time in a church lately, but he's not an especially devout man so it drums up no emotion in particular. ]
What are you "inquisiting"? [ aw look at him, completely naive of the can of worms he's attempting to open. ]