When he was young his father told him it'd be a great honor to work for Shinra. They wanted to help Earth and protect the people, his father had said. His father was one of those people and would leave for weeks on end at times. Aspen wanted to be a healer though. His father said it was a females job and to work for Shinra he would "heal" Earth. He believed his father that he could help Earth and be a good son. He was eight then.<br/><br/>~*~ 6 years later ~*~<br/><br/>He had been trained to fight amongst other things so far. And now they wanted to get some girl. Earth's daughter, they said. They knocked on the door and a woman answered. The commanding officer in the group asked the woman for Earth's daughter and the woman said she didn't know. That was a bad idea. The man hated being rejected in any form. Then two others had grabbed the woman and was frog marching her out. He was last to leave and closed the door while thinking that someones eyes were on him.<br/><br/>~*~ 8 years later ~*~<br/><br/>He hated himself and his father and Shinra. The things he has seen and done disgusted him, but he still did them. He will rise and take over Shinra with or without Earth's daughter. He sighed as he entered the market. He was brooding about his situation again. He was one step from being Director of the Guard and soon after he'd head to be Director of Shinra. Everyone followed him and he changed the smallest things in his favor, may it be thoughts and actions of his fellows and a whisper in the ear of the current Director. He will take over and turn everything upside down.<br/><br/>He saw the patrol in the market and nodded to them. Most nodded, but one of them waved him over.<br/><br/>He was off duty, but he started that way only for a woman to bump into him. "<span style="color: #0000FF">Oh I am so sorry.</span>" She said she looked up at him. And before he could help her, she got up herself and bowed slightly "<span style="color: #0000FF">I am really sorry sir.</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #00FF00">It's fine. Are you hurt?</span>" He asked softly. If his fellow officers heard him say that, they'd call him soft. He hated them for they all believed the current system was like God.<br/>_____________________________________________________<br/>Is that okay?