Slightly alarmed eyes raised to fix on Cid's face, studying his expression for a moment and not looking away until he'd seen something there. He shook his head at the ensuing hope that Sephiroth's time here, the time he'd spent learning about his potential soon-to-be committed mistakes would stand as a deterrent against his future actions. If Sephiroth still committed the atrocities he had in Zack's past after knowing all that...

Sharp regret hit Zack at that moment, for not spending more time with the other SOLDIER, for not giving him even more compelling reasons to resist Jenova. Well. It was too late now.

And in a way, time was such a weird entity here. It had taken away Sephiroth, Angeal, and had given him Cloud and Tifa. A much older Cloud, Zack thought with some fond bemusement. He eyed Cid again. Wondered if he knew about that.

"You do realize he might be going back to Nibelheim." And that Cloud will be there was left unsaid.