"You are welcome to try, though I doubt fire will make much of an impression. It would be a poor defense indeed if it were so easily defeated." Then again, these people didn't seem particularly bright to begin with.

Sephiroth never left Masamune far out of reach, except when forced to do so. And, while his deal with Shinra and company had made it necessary, there was no way in Hell he was coming out here without it. He held the sword by the blade, back edge down, in an approximation of the traditional style.