[Sephiroth is probably quite often referred to as one who could do with laughing a bit more. Some of the more junior privates probably wondered if he was even capable of loosening up at all!]

Of course. I know who to call now, the next time I need a scramble.

[It's said with a smile. He's joking, or at least mostly-joking? Or trying, maybe? He's been known to make extra work for the pilots before but, well, it's their duty as much as it is his to do his own job well.]

Sounds like a good plan. There are many places that we didn't even really see before on account of them being Imperial territories; a scout out towards the Heran capital is sure to be on the pile soon I should think.

[Sephiroth's smile recedes almost totally as Rukia mentions the Floating Ruins. He's heard very little about it in a long time, and the small amount he did know was from within the archives at the Heroes Guild. From a time when Ashelia and Zelda were both still here.]

Can't say I'm familiar with the background- [There goes those arms, folding up over his chest now.]

-but should you need me, you know I'll be here.