There's a brief smile; they never last, but it's there. "Even if it's a placebo, isn't that important too? Being able to simply believe your way into doing things others can't? It's not something to be ashamed of."

He preferred things that might be replicated though, and taught to others. Then it's more useful than one person with extraordinary skills nobody else could do. "People like me can't do things like that. If you and your friends can, be proud of it." The downside of a scientific education, Sephiroth simply couldn't accept deluding himself into power he otherwise wouldn't have.

DID Glenn count as a friend? Had they reached that point again? "...No, Matt used barriers, our team healer. Glenn was in Town for ... a couple of weeks before disappearing when I did, according to Gaia. A blond man, about six feet tall. He's ..incredibly irreverent. If he had ways to use spells to just.. easy his way through things, he absolutely would do it."

This much is harmless.