Quote Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi
His body was preserved in the Lifestream. Besides flashbacks, you never see the real him up and kicking until the very end of the game, when he shows up in Holy's way and gets all Bizarro on you. There are times when he basically speaks through Jenova, though, so in those instances it may as well be him.
Not to completely derail this thread, but I never got that impression. Is this actually alluded to and I'm just inobservant? 'Cause that happens.