Quote Originally Posted by VeloZer0 View Post
I think he just saw it as more of a way to use his tool. Up until after Mideel Sephiroth always felt he had complete control over Cloud so he was no threat, and since he could be used as a tool why would he kill him. And breaking Cloud's mind was an important part of actually getting the Black Materia.
It is extremely important for Sephiroth to torture Cloud. Because of his psychic abilities, shapeshifting and the power to control JENOVA cells he can almost use everyone as his tool so it is not just that he wanted to control Cloud to get the Black Materia. Sephiroth is enormously arrogant because he knows he is the strongest of all - and he knew it during his "hero time" as well but he didn't care that much about how popular and how famous he was. But when Cloud, one of the weakest characters (at this moment of the story) you can imagine succeeds in stopping Sephiroth from taking revenge he got...how should I call that..."pissed off". And that is no joke. He was proud of his strength and being defeated by a normal ShinRa soldier was the worst moment for him. That is why he wants to show Cloud how weak he is compared to Sephiroth, why he wants to break his mind completely and then wants to kill him physically after he has killed Cloud mentally. Not to mention the story would be very short in case Sephiroth kills Cloud just because he says "Mhh, nah - I think I use one of my clones who isn't the main character to get the Black Materia, I don't care about the story line.".

And I love Kefka's outfit. His whole story about his past is tragic and great at the same time. Like Sephiroth's.