"I learned to live with it. In a way it means I can address a lot of situations and advise people who can solve them. It's helped save the world before. But only because they had faith in me."

And that faith mattered. Usually.

His attention turned fully from the surroundings to dedicate them all to Sephiroth. Wade hadn't been wrong, he realized, when he said the man was stunning. His cheekbones, his jawline, they were breathtaking in this light.

"Perfection is an illusion created by those unsatisfied with reality," David agreed, smiling at the word play. He loved non-pun word play. "I must note, however, that the company is well past merely adequate."