We would call them ninja. [ tseng knows the term, and after the war in wutai he's more than passingly familiar with the profession. it's a curious overlap, although sasuke does look wutaian, with the shade of his hair and the shape of his eyes. he and tseng are alike in that way. ] What an interesting overlap.
[ and assuming that the ninja of wutai and the ninja of sasuke's world are even remotely similar, that gives tseng plenty of insight into what sasuke might have seen or done over the course of his life. at least as far as tseng is concerned, a world unaccustomed to violence and war is one where the skills of a ninja are in much lower demand.
he looks briefly down at his hands, considering the question of detail, and then looks up again. honestly, more complicated than deciding what to say is deciding how much is likely to bore sasuke with context before they even get to the interesting parts. ]
The company I work for is also the de facto government of very nearly the entire world. [ may as well start from the beginning. it is impossible to understand the turks without also understanding shinra, at least generally. plus, technically, nothing he's saying wouldn't be common knowlege to a well-informed citizen of midgar. ] The company has exclusive control over the technology that allows for the conversion of planetary energy into electricity.
Our former president, may he rest in peace, [ tseng says, with a layer of chill in his voice that suggests that shinra senior can rot for all he cares, ] was an... ambitious man who dreamed of greater things, often without regard for collateral damage. As you can imagine, this painted certain targets on the backs of both the president and the company.
[ another pause. this is where he begins to leave the territory of "things any well-informed midgar citizen would know" and begins to enter the territory of... testing the concept of being honest. ]
The Turks were conceived initially as personal security for the executives of the company. Over time, our organization has evolved into a unit of special operatives whose function does include personal security, but also intelligence and kompromat, infiltration, and a few more practical tasks—interrogation, for example.
[ and assassination. he doesn't say it, but he doesn't think he'll need to in order for sasuke to understand. ]
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[ and assuming that the ninja of wutai and the ninja of sasuke's world are even remotely similar, that gives tseng plenty of insight into what sasuke might have seen or done over the course of his life. at least as far as tseng is concerned, a world unaccustomed to violence and war is one where the skills of a ninja are in much lower demand.
he looks briefly down at his hands, considering the question of detail, and then looks up again. honestly, more complicated than deciding what to say is deciding how much is likely to bore sasuke with context before they even get to the interesting parts. ]
The company I work for is also the de facto government of very nearly the entire world. [ may as well start from the beginning. it is impossible to understand the turks without also understanding shinra, at least generally. plus, technically, nothing he's saying wouldn't be common knowlege to a well-informed citizen of midgar. ] The company has exclusive control over the technology that allows for the conversion of planetary energy into electricity.
Our former president, may he rest in peace, [ tseng says, with a layer of chill in his voice that suggests that shinra senior can rot for all he cares, ] was an... ambitious man who dreamed of greater things, often without regard for collateral damage. As you can imagine, this painted certain targets on the backs of both the president and the company.
[ another pause. this is where he begins to leave the territory of "things any well-informed midgar citizen would know" and begins to enter the territory of... testing the concept of being honest. ]
The Turks were conceived initially as personal security for the executives of the company. Over time, our organization has evolved into a unit of special operatives whose function does include personal security, but also intelligence and kompromat, infiltration, and a few more practical tasks—interrogation, for example.
[ and assassination. he doesn't say it, but he doesn't think he'll need to in order for sasuke to understand. ]