Had Cloud been there, it was most likely Sephiroth would have laughed in his face then patted him on the shoulder, provided the spiky-haired man did not attack him first.

While it was true that Sephiroth was... -different-, he certainly wasn't the type of person to slaughter innocents, or through inaction allow others to do the same.

Not yet, anyway.

With a bit of a wry smile, he turned toward his erstwhile foe-turned-partner. "Rethought your decision to shoot me yet? I rather hope so. You're too good a fighter to kill out of hand like that."