[quote author=Tennyo link=topic=432.msg30119#msg30119 date=1237003255]Not to sound prudish or anything but I really don't see the SHM as really having thoughts like that, actually. They are basically children, and they are driven by the will of someone other than themselves. Normal human thoughts, emotions, and feelings probably don't have a place in their brains. Sephiroth wants them to find Jenova's head and so that's all they can think of; nothing else.[/quote]
I think it's been explained in one of the many detailed books such as Reunion Files or one of the Ultimanias for FFVII that the SHM are separate from Sephiroth, with their own personalities and thoughts, but still driven to some degree by his will to find Jenova. I do recall coming across information that this is why the SHM cannot recall (everything about?) Sephiroth or his past. Of course, this is my take on the information and I could be leaving something out...