[It's not only Cloud who seems to be taking an odd kind of strength from the fact that Levy is also there and involved in the conversation. The guildmaster is about as disconnected from either of their potential future/past events as anyone could be and that detachment is helping Sephiroth ground himself in the here-and-now, not the when-and-if.]
Yes.
[The answer for Levy, also to indicate that this isn't a conversation he'd rather have in private with Cloud only. There is little he can do with the topic that has naturally dropped his tone, yet as characteristically serious as it is there is something of a determination in his expression that's not been there for a long time. No more wallowing, more of a plunging feet into the mud and willing it to stick.
A few more beats, and a quick sip of that water again before he looks up from the bar, directly at Cloud.]
You...were there as well...weren't you?
[Though it had been a stunning rehash of memories for him as well, that brief visit to that particular chamber, Cloud's reaction had been almost too telling.]
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Yes.
[The answer for Levy, also to indicate that this isn't a conversation he'd rather have in private with Cloud only. There is little he can do with the topic that has naturally dropped his tone, yet as characteristically serious as it is there is something of a determination in his expression that's not been there for a long time. No more wallowing, more of a plunging feet into the mud and willing it to stick.
A few more beats, and a quick sip of that water again before he looks up from the bar, directly at Cloud.]
You...were there as well...weren't you?
[Though it had been a stunning rehash of memories for him as well, that brief visit to that particular chamber, Cloud's reaction had been almost too telling.]