A light smile, a subtle nod with his eyes- that was about as emotive as he ever got when others would pay him a compliment and thus, the same was delivered in response to Nebilim. He didn't need others to prop up or bolster his ego after all; Sephiroth was as keen, intelligent and well-informed as he was down purely to his own desire to be so. Perfectionist was too dull a point to put on it.

"It's all about applied judgement, really. I'm just a little more experienced than most." That was putting it mildly considering his long tenure in Crystallis, and the events beforehand on his own World that were never really ever discussed in much detail. Enough of a indication had been given though, that Sephiroth quite often out did himself to reach any goal that he'd target.

"It's just a shame that so many didn't make it this far." It's spoken in his usual matter-of-fact tone of voice, but it has a believable edge to it which could be categorized as genuine remorse; almost as if he took some responsibility for them all, himself. Perhaps that was why he wasn't as emotionally expressive thesedays-

{You've got them all convinced...}