It seemed like both he and Anise watched Jade from a distance for an age. For long enough for the deep pain set in by Big Bang to begin to become more apparent, in the same way that bruises take time to blossom. Where Sephiroth had fully intended to continue to pull himself back up onto his feet, it was taking longer to convince his body that this was a movement that needed to happen.

It looked as if the advantage they'd managed to get thanks to Thanatos would be short lived indeed, not that there had been much of an advantage to take in the fighting just before that particular arte Nebilim executed.

He remained on one knee, as Jade staggered closer to him, the freezing air whipping at his hair while intensely glowing eyes searched those details of Jade's profile that he could make out from his angle of sight. Sephiroth tried to make eye contact- but it was no use being as Jade were allowed narrowed down to the monster that still kept itself a fair distance in front of them.

At a mention of their names, Sephiroth dipped his head down out of the wind, to look back to where Luke had fallen; he hadn't even seen where Anise was after that last super-attack. It didn't look promising, it was impossible to tell even if the red-head were still breathing, from his distance.

"I don't suppose you're going to share the plan-"

But it was already too late, as Jade had moved passed him and kept going, towards Nebilim.