It really was the principle of the matter. You don't just drop everything, announce that you're going to get out of this boring town in order to join SOLDIER and become a great hero like Sephiroth, and then leave, just to swing on by with the job half done.

He'd had a point to prove.

"They might," he admitted. "You'd probably like my Mom, too. Although she'll probably invite you to join the family or something."

That was just the way his mom was. It was kind of embarrassing, actually.