As he watched Ales retrieve a chair, Sephiroth considered to help but instead placed his glass down on a nearby table and also made to move a seat closer to where the small man sought to position his chair against the wall. It was the very least to do, to make it easier to talk to him and so smoothly he also lowered himself to sit down.

Leaned forwards on the chair a little, his long silver hair fell forwards over his opposite shoulder almost like a curtain closing the rest of the room off from their conversation. Not that anyone might eavesdrop, especially over the music, but at the same time Sephiroth isn't too sure how public Ales wants any of his knowledge to be yet.

He listened intently as Ales continued to explain, delicate silver eyebrows raised a little where he hadn't known the capability of the alchemist Job too personally. Questions blossomed keenly behind his eyes as the potential of such research seemed to seep in even further.

"The theory being, that instead of the life energy being returned to Crystallis, these crystals are a physical manifestation of the same." It was a matter-of-fact statement but intriguing all the same and Sephiroth just became more and more curious.

"So I suppose the next step is being able to grade the power contained in individual crystals, and how to tap at that energy?"