[ Sheena will always have pride about her village--no matter where she is, or even if it's destroyed. It's her home, a place of ninja, and where a stranger had taken her in and raised her as her own.

So, while her crystal may be showing her growing detachment from Tethe'alla, her thoughts wouldn't let that happen. At least not right now. Who knows what the future holds? ]

That's very true. [ He's assuming correctly. ] It's hard to get information through obvious methods--unless that had been the plan to begin with. [ She smiles. ] Ninja like to keep people on their toes and remain unpredictable.

[ She pauses and looks down in thought, speaking to herself, but loud enough for Sephiroth to hear. ] I don't think I have any weak links... Even Kuchinawa hadn't been one... [ Great. Now she's going to wonder about that--from a whole different world. ]