Clement Rage
Pro Adventurer
Hm. My headcanon was that a rogue Cetra cast Meteor the first time, and Jenova hitched a ride on what was summoned (or was part of it to begin with).
Yeah, Yuffie says something like that. Here's the exact quote:
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Yuffie
“Cloud…urp…ugh.”
“You know‚I was thinking…phew…
Why does Materia always have
something to do with
battles or magic?”
“I bet the Ancients must've always been fighting.”
“It must've been…ugh…terrible…”
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We've discussed that very thing in this thread before.
No, it was explained that Shinra couldn't get it to work, but his descendants would manage to on another world after space travel had been achieved.