[In spite of his answer, Sephiroth regards him with a blankness that's familiar to his research team. They would call it stubbornness, but it's a curiously empty expression he develops when he has decided he is not going to listen to someone, his pupils narrow and his eyes a calm, luminous green. Some of the researchers find this look more unnerving than others.
He has been conditioned to obey orders, but he has also been taught the chain of command, and Cloud is not on it.
He stands outside the mansion, watching Cloud go, patient and still. If this boy lives here, then he must have a family here. Sephiroth wonders what that's like. What parents are like. He doesn't really know what other children are like, either, as he's never had a friend.
Of course, Sephiroth is going to follow Cloud, as soon as he's out of sight. Being small and capable of moving quickly and quietly, he's very good at following.]
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[In spite of his answer, Sephiroth regards him with a blankness that's familiar to his research team. They would call it stubbornness, but it's a curiously empty expression he develops when he has decided he is not going to listen to someone, his pupils narrow and his eyes a calm, luminous green. Some of the researchers find this look more unnerving than others.
He has been conditioned to obey orders, but he has also been taught the chain of command, and Cloud is not on it.
He stands outside the mansion, watching Cloud go, patient and still. If this boy lives here, then he must have a family here. Sephiroth wonders what that's like. What parents are like. He doesn't really know what other children are like, either, as he's never had a friend.
Of course, Sephiroth is going to follow Cloud, as soon as he's out of sight. Being small and capable of moving quickly and quietly, he's very good at following.]