[Levy waits patiently for Sephiroth's response, giving a sigh and a good-natured smile in response to being turned down.]

Damn. And that was probably my best recruitment speech ever. I wonder how Master Makarov does it.

[She doesn't seem too discouraged, though, especially since she's got one more idea. With a smile, she turns to Cloud.]

Well, I'm out of ideas. You know him better than anyone here. Think you can get him to budge?

[Yup. Absolutely not above playing a little dirty. She believes wholeheartedly that this will be good for Sephiroth, so she's calling in help.]