[ Sephiroth gazed at Xie Lian for a long time as he weighed his words before his own slowly emerged. ]
I understand.
[ He did. The other man didn't know it but this had touched a chord in Sephiroth that he hardly wanted to acknowledge, even to himself. His loyalties, his past, all were...complicated. He shifted on the bench as he dismissed the uncomfortable association back down into the depths of his subconscious where it belonged. There was something new to him though. The beginnings of respect was in his eyes and his tone when next he spoke. There weren't many worthy of such in his eyes but it seemed Xie Lian would be one of those few. ]
no subject
I understand.
[ He did. The other man didn't know it but this had touched a chord in Sephiroth that he hardly wanted to acknowledge, even to himself. His loyalties, his past, all were...complicated. He shifted on the bench as he dismissed the uncomfortable association back down into the depths of his subconscious where it belonged. There was something new to him though. The beginnings of respect was in his eyes and his tone when next he spoke. There weren't many worthy of such in his eyes but it seemed Xie Lian would be one of those few. ]
What will you do now?