So you're in the shinra building. You sneak into the bathroom and eavesdrop on all the big guys at Shinra talk about their new plans. Then Hojo comes in and he's like "Yeah so Aeris is really important. She's absolutely the last now that her mom, who was still better than her but she's better than nothing, had died. Just thought I'd let you guys know."
Cool. We know where Aeris is. They won't hurt her. They need her to find the promised land. That is their huge super goal. She is the most important thing of the century.
Then you go to lvl 68 and bust in on Hojo and his little experiment. He says something about these two endagered species that he has to save. And then he just throws a wild dog in there with Aeris.
What the smurf.
Okay so, MAYBE he knows Red is a talking thinking centient animal. There's a good chance of that. But EVEN if that was the case, what is the point of putting them in a cage together. Why even take a /chance/. Just because he can talk doesn't mean he isn't still wild right?
I don't get it.