[Was Zelda a loved one? Sephiroth had never allowed himself to even see her as a friend, let alone the close one that -now she wasn't there anymore- she clearly had become regardless. He's never really had a loved one to lose, before so doesn't know really how he's supposed to feel.]

-and for everyone else in all the other countless worlds that have been broken by this one.

[He'd been making it a heavier decision than it should have been, he thinks, as Sephiroth then lowers himself to one knee too. Still unblinkingly burning those letters into the back of his eyes.]

She's the kindest person...that I've ever known.