Sephiroth glanced from one to the other, and his training as an idiot tamer kicked in, as well as his insight into Ami's personality and motives. "Ami, I believe you've let the fact that he is Konoha blind you and curb what you should have been doing with this one."

He hesitated a moment, then straightened to his full height and gave Ami a a level stare, waiting until his steady gaze drew her own back to him. "He strikes me as someone who would have done well in Kiri, not unlike one of my frequent... subordinates." He shook his head fractionally with the sheer exasperation he said the last word with.

"Perhaps you simply should have tried to break his spine and worked from that point?"