[The remark is not a reply he would have normally expected, automatic and almost knee-jerk. Sephiroth wonders what it means for her, that word “monster” and all of its normally unflattering connotations. Why she’s quick to call herself one, conflating — or maybe not caring about— the context a Monster subscribes to in this world, versus what it means in others.

It isn’t shameful to be a monster on this planet. It isn’t worthy of disdain or disgust; it’s a natural part of the world, a normalcy in their differences, the bad associations stripped clean or never in place to begin with.

But he doesn’t know her. Doesn’t care to start another argument that would act as a waste of time and breath. His efforts are better spent responding to the latter, offering information that she can twist around to her own liking.]

Unlikely. They don’t know who comes through the mirrors until they’re here. If an organization’s goal is to conscript what amounts to a resource pool, it’s reckless to assume everyone will be willing. Or a non-threat.