Sephiroth looks back over his shoulder as Kaji and Ales arrange to get a map out on the nearby table, flashing Rukia a silent glance in acknowledgment that he did hear her and understood what she meant. Before turning, retrieving the small black crystal again and coming back to the table with it.

He's used to picking out details on maps of Aqures Ixen, even if new maps -since the Battle- really weren't that old. He didn't quite get what Ales were trying to with instructing them to orient it to the east; he supposed so that they might look at it the 'right' way up in relation to their location currently.

There are a lot of landmarks to the east of them, but Sephiroth waits for Ales to finish making his point before he might comment.