Luke would hardly be the first to be unnerved, not only by Sephiroth's mannerisms, but by how sharp and keen his intellect was. Too often, physical excellence conformed to stereotypes with regards to lesser intelligence; people like Sephiroth obliterated said misconceptions to dust. That Luke were drawing comparisons between him and Van, therefore, wouldn't be taken as an insult even if the red-haired man were keeping a good hold on remaining polite. Still, good manners were always appreciated.
"Hm." Sephiroth listened, though relaxed his expression in the face of Luke's dull tones; clearly he'd had to explain all of this before and repeating himself wasn't something he liked to do much, either, so he sympathized on that level and let Luke continue. He couldn't help the intensity that exuded from his continued watching of the other though, it might feel as if he were peeling back skin to look inside, or as if his mako-lit eyes were burning the barriers around Luke's soul in order to get a better look at what was going on.
Eye contact was broken though as the scene shifted to the events of Yulia City and Sephiroth peered around momentarily to take in the new surroundings. He would have to keep some attention on what would happen next, as well as the conversation he had involved himself in - it was bound to be relevant. It wasn't as if he were all of a sudden ignoring Luke, but at least the judging way that Sephiroth had looked at the other man was toned back as a result.
He waited until the fight had begun before blinking and glancing back to Luke again. The edges of Sephiroth's mouth softened a little as his thought process landed on a comparable set of circumstances from within his own history. He wondered, perhaps, if there might have been some other motive for Genesis to agree to spawn Hollander an army of copies - other than to attempt to destroy the company which had caused them both such apparent-injustice. Had producing copies had some other beneficial effect on Genesis; had it helped to slow the degradation? It was an angle Sephiroth hadn't rested on for any great length of time before.
"I can only imagine how frustrating that must have been for you. Though surely if an original is human then so is the replica - it must follow some scientific cloning process, right?"
He wasn't any great expert on cloning, but logically he surmised, regardless.
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"Hm." Sephiroth listened, though relaxed his expression in the face of Luke's dull tones; clearly he'd had to explain all of this before and repeating himself wasn't something he liked to do much, either, so he sympathized on that level and let Luke continue. He couldn't help the intensity that exuded from his continued watching of the other though, it might feel as if he were peeling back skin to look inside, or as if his mako-lit eyes were burning the barriers around Luke's soul in order to get a better look at what was going on.
Eye contact was broken though as the scene shifted to the events of Yulia City and Sephiroth peered around momentarily to take in the new surroundings. He would have to keep some attention on what would happen next, as well as the conversation he had involved himself in - it was bound to be relevant. It wasn't as if he were all of a sudden ignoring Luke, but at least the judging way that Sephiroth had looked at the other man was toned back as a result.
He waited until the fight had begun before blinking and glancing back to Luke again. The edges of Sephiroth's mouth softened a little as his thought process landed on a comparable set of circumstances from within his own history. He wondered, perhaps, if there might have been some other motive for Genesis to agree to spawn Hollander an army of copies - other than to attempt to destroy the company which had caused them both such apparent-injustice. Had producing copies had some other beneficial effect on Genesis; had it helped to slow the degradation? It was an angle Sephiroth hadn't rested on for any great length of time before.
"I can only imagine how frustrating that must have been for you. Though surely if an original is human then so is the replica - it must follow some scientific cloning process, right?"
He wasn't any great expert on cloning, but logically he surmised, regardless.