Mercury pauses, and glances sideways, as if this is a consideration. He wishes to reach the other side, and if he reaches the other side, he will battle Sephiroth. He wishes to battle Sephiroth.

"In that case," Mercury says, "I won't allow you to cross." She does not attack despite her words, but she takes a defensive stance, a clear message that her claim is serious.

Sephiroth, she has known as father.

"Even if I would," she points out, "Do you think you can hit him in that condition?" The blood. No matter how much or how little, it means he isn't in top form. And friend or foe, anyone who knows him would have to confess Sephiroth is not an opponent to take lightly.