There is a point where he is very obviously going to say something and thinks better of it, frowning. He'll sort out the conflict of instructions later, and whether or not he'd earned being proud of, when it's quieter and fewer people around as unwanted distractions.

Part of him wants to linger, with the certain difficulty others would have in bothering him unduly with his older self nearby. It would be a little easier then, to take a risk--

.. No. Maybe Sephiroth really was enjoying something about all of this and babysitting would hardly be conductive to it. "...Then I will see you later." Either somewhere at the festival, or much later all the way back in Town.

One day maybe he'll learn the art of goodbyes. Today is not that day, and he has much to think about to distract him.