Tseng watched as his other-self maneuvered through the room with a familiar gait, and how he spoke with an edge of assumption. He nearly felt as if he didn't belong in this seat; perhaps he didn't, and the dubious feeling etched a shadow across his face. In my absence? As if this man knew of him and his work endeavors. Necessary moves..? There was a solemn prickle to the back of his neck as he thought about disappointing the other; a conundrum in whether this means he's ultimately disappointing himself.
Tseng finally stood from the chair and exhaled with his ascent. He looked from his other-self, with a tight jaw, scanned over the provided information. His mouth felt dry, and his chest was tight. Despite his effort in comprehending the words he scrutinized, his mind kept returning to the fact that he was feet away from himself.
"You trust in me as if you know me.." He finally worked out, and his eyes returned to his other-self. He could barely concentrate outside this moment. However, despite his question, he felt the same affinity toward the other Tseng. He straightened, turned to face the double, then brought his hands up to his lapels to fix with leather-gloved fingertips. "I came from Kalm, before that .. It was Meteorfall. From which point in my life were you not absent in?"
"The night before my appearance here was the induction of President Rufus Shinra," Tseng explains. He knows of Meteorfall, of course; what little intelligence has not been handed to him, he has been able to discern through various covert means. People talk, and they do so love to do that talking in wide open spaces, perfect for payrolled ears to overhear.
He does not, however, believe that his future will align with this version of it that the others know. There are certain flags he's trained himself to look for, discrepancies between the memories he knows and the ones relayed to him by his associates.
"I am quite possibly the only one who truly knows you." A smirk begins like a rolling ember spreading flames. "If you would humor me for just a moment," Tseng says, approaching his double. Is it strange to stand before himself and make demands? After everything he has seen in this place, it is more of a comfort than cause for any great existential panic. "Might I see your hands? A strange request, I know."
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Tseng finally stood from the chair and exhaled with his ascent. He looked from his other-self, with a tight jaw, scanned over the provided information. His mouth felt dry, and his chest was tight. Despite his effort in comprehending the words he scrutinized, his mind kept returning to the fact that he was feet away from himself.
"You trust in me as if you know me.." He finally worked out, and his eyes returned to his other-self. He could barely concentrate outside this moment. However, despite his question, he felt the same affinity toward the other Tseng. He straightened, turned to face the double, then brought his hands up to his lapels to fix with leather-gloved fingertips. "I came from Kalm, before that .. It was Meteorfall. From which point in my life were you not absent in?"
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He does not, however, believe that his future will align with this version of it that the others know. There are certain flags he's trained himself to look for, discrepancies between the memories he knows and the ones relayed to him by his associates.
"I am quite possibly the only one who truly knows you." A smirk begins like a rolling ember spreading flames. "If you would humor me for just a moment," Tseng says, approaching his double. Is it strange to stand before himself and make demands? After everything he has seen in this place, it is more of a comfort than cause for any great existential panic. "Might I see your hands? A strange request, I know."