He heard the response and smiled inwardly. While nothing was going to ever be the same between them, at least the door was left open. Whether or not Sephiroth would choose to walk through it or not was entirely up to him. He knew what his past had done and there was no changing that, but like with many things only time could give that response.

He stopped just short of the stairs and felt the need to turn back. He had questions, but Sephiroth needed to be settled in first. He nodded once to affirm that he was certainly going to ask when the opportunity presented itself. The more immediate need was to make sure that the house was fed.

He took this as a sign that they might actually be on the way mend those fences after all and that was important. "I'll be here."