the age regression happens as a stress response and isn't made explicit
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in the wreck of a home, i found (be)longing by wavecrest
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
21 Mar 2024
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"It's the damnedest thing, but I don't recall seeing the three of you at practice." Boots tap on the floor. "Am I to assume that you simply... forgot?"
"Sorry, sir!"
The response is immediate, and—
and his voice sounds younger. His head is stuffed with cotton. The tone the military officer uses is familiar in its domineering condescension. Cloud is suddenly very, very small, and he is a face in a crowd of many and he is not special and he will never be because this is where you learn you are anything but. He thinks the infantry beside him parrot his apology, but it's a beat or two late.
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Or: Cloud, Upper Junon, and what being back in the infantry means to him.