"..." He was speechless, his face registering the shock. The Nero he knew was only a brother in the laboratory sense, never in the REAL sense.
To hear again that a version of himself in another world could be so cruel. He'd done so many things he wasn't proud of while he had been sick. He had gone half mad, would have probably gone completely insane had it not been for Tseng. But to be cruel to children, to blood relatives he'd done neither, despite how crazy he had been.
"It's no wonder you are scared of me then, after what he did to you. I'm sure Weiss hates me just as much hmm?" He slipped from the bench to crouch on the ground to look up at the Sable.
"I Know I'm not him, but for what it's worth... I'm sorry he treated you the way he did. Especially to blame you for the death of your mother. The Nero I knew, his and Weiss's mother was captured by Hojo and had become a lab experiment as well, little more than an incubator to produce children for ShinRa to experiment on. Her body couldn't handle it anymore after she gave birth to the Nero I knew and she passed as well. It was never your fault. Not on any world. You actually got to know your mother, my Nero never got that chance, and judging by Mr. Boko, she loved you very much."
He held out a hand as if to pet the Sable's hair and then thought better of it and retracted it. "He wasn't a very good brother to you. I'll try and make up for his short comings though. As soon as you are healed and can travel I'll help you and see if maybe I can help you find your way back to Weiss and DeepGround."