Do you think so, buddy, do you think so? Just stop, why didn't he think of that! His subconscious notes that it sort of seems like Sephiroth is being protective and then files that away in a drawer somewhere it can be ignored. What if he just runs away into the woods so he can stop having this interaction, is that a tactical retreat or plain cowardice?

"It's not that easy to stop! What's wrong with you - with whoever raised you?!"

Popp's brain to mouth filter has gone down a few notches in the last thirty seconds or so.