"I believe he'd worry far more at the idea of you being alone with me, although I suppose if he doesn't know you're with me, that isn't a concern." He cocks an eyebrow slightly at Wedge. It's not quite a callout; rather, he's more inviting Wedge to consider just what he's doing and how Cloud might feel about it if he hasn't already. Still, Sephiroth supposes it's possible he has. He doesn't know much about Wedge, even though Jenova, but he knows that he was a member of AVALANCHE - and that AVALANCHE, including the branch Wedge was in, had been operating for some time before Cloud joined them. Sephiroth doesn't know of any anti-ShinRa movement that stayed in operation for long without brains and competence in considerable measure, and such movements were also never stronger than their weakest link.
He can reasonably assume, then, that Wedge has both intelligence and skill, and enough of both to have stayed one step ahead of the most powerful company and governing body in the world for as much of a handful of years. He can't know how many without asking, but even one would be significant.
"Cloud is still learning to trust that I and the man from his nightmares aren't exactly the same person, and perhaps never were." He pauses, looking at Wedge thoughtfully. "I don't know how much he told you." Not so long ago, Cloud would have readily laid out all Sephiroth's sins in graphic detail to anyone he spoke to about him, to illustrate how evil he was and how he couldn't be trusted. These days...well, he's not sure at all what Cloud would say to others about him these days. He wonders if Cloud is certain what to tell people about him.
Also...if there's one thing Sephiroth knows about Cloud, it's his desire to look cool in front of others. That's always bulked large in his mind, almost enough that one could see it without any assistance from Jenova whatsoever. Acknowledging himself as a helpless victim of a tragedy...it's something Cloud had been willing enough to do back when he felt people needed to be warned about Sephiroth, but would he be so willing now? Is that the way the man who seeks to define himself by the picture captured in other people's eyes wishes to be seen?
Well, Wedge can likely clarify, if he cares to. If Cloud hasn't given him details...Sephiroth supposes it's not his place to do so, either. If he has, all well and good. However much Sephiroth detests the things he's done - or the things he's been made to do - he has no desire to shrink from them.
In any case, Sephiroth extends his own hand to shake Wedge's. "Sephiroth, as you obviously know." A beat, and a touch of a wry smile. "I don't know what you would call me in relation to Cloud. I doubt Cloud does, either." He tilts his head slightly. "But...I'm not entirely unfamiliar with you. You were a member of AVALANCHE."
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He can reasonably assume, then, that Wedge has both intelligence and skill, and enough of both to have stayed one step ahead of the most powerful company and governing body in the world for as much of a handful of years. He can't know how many without asking, but even one would be significant.
"Cloud is still learning to trust that I and the man from his nightmares aren't exactly the same person, and perhaps never were." He pauses, looking at Wedge thoughtfully. "I don't know how much he told you." Not so long ago, Cloud would have readily laid out all Sephiroth's sins in graphic detail to anyone he spoke to about him, to illustrate how evil he was and how he couldn't be trusted. These days...well, he's not sure at all what Cloud would say to others about him these days. He wonders if Cloud is certain what to tell people about him.
Also...if there's one thing Sephiroth knows about Cloud, it's his desire to look cool in front of others. That's always bulked large in his mind, almost enough that one could see it without any assistance from Jenova whatsoever. Acknowledging himself as a helpless victim of a tragedy...it's something Cloud had been willing enough to do back when he felt people needed to be warned about Sephiroth, but would he be so willing now? Is that the way the man who seeks to define himself by the picture captured in other people's eyes wishes to be seen?
Well, Wedge can likely clarify, if he cares to. If Cloud hasn't given him details...Sephiroth supposes it's not his place to do so, either. If he has, all well and good. However much Sephiroth detests the things he's done - or the things he's been made to do - he has no desire to shrink from them.
In any case, Sephiroth extends his own hand to shake Wedge's. "Sephiroth, as you obviously know." A beat, and a touch of a wry smile. "I don't know what you would call me in relation to Cloud. I doubt Cloud does, either." He tilts his head slightly. "But...I'm not entirely unfamiliar with you. You were a member of AVALANCHE."