...

Sephiroth could have been ready for any comment from Reno, but something so sharp and resonating not a small amount of bravado honestly caught him off guard for a moment. Really, though -as he quickly concluded- he couldn't have expected anything more or less.

It lightened his expression a great deal though, turning it more towards that bad-ass ego he used to hold himself up to. A whisper of younger times and easy sarcasm between best friends.

"...of course. Gotta hold to some old titles, after all." Though he tried to put on his best brushing-off tone, as if to mirror Reno's bravado, it didn't quite lose all of the weight that his sacrifice had that -quite rightly- would be felt more so by his fellow Gaians.

"Only this time, it's much more of a fitting result. Don't you think?"