Fighting being forbidden in the main part of a place, but not necessarily the rest, makes me think of the church, first. But that doesn't seem to fit the rest.
An inanimate object/animate companion makes me think of Sephiroth also..inanimate would be his mako-encased self, animate="thought-projection."
Cait Sith makes some sense. He claims his fortunes are fake, but the one he gives you is real. The "inanimate" object is the doll, "animate" the cat.. guess we don't pull Reeve into this? But the fortunes don't relate to fighting, so that comes up short as well.
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