[Of course there was. There always had been, even if he was never direct with the man about it. Angeal had been there all his life, ever since he was a child. But... the topic of Angeal would have to be pushed aside, for now.]

I'm in a dream right now, Sephiroth. [He finally turns, finally looks at the man who *should* be his friend. Maybe... his mind was dredging up those simpler times, to make this whole situation better.]

An' I'm not only sleepin'. Something happened - something really nasty that I'm not too sure I can even fix.