Sephiroth didn't even blink, simply vanishing from where he was standing and a swirl of dirt drifted to the ground where he'd been as he ended up directly in the boy's path, in exactly the same position he'd been in a moment ago.
"We did discuss it, but you haven't yet learned that some people need such a thing before they can return the favor. Even in Konoha. The fact that you told me the boy would do well in Kiri alone should have indicated that you should perhaps..." He paused, looking for the correct words. "Have been a bit less what Konoha drilled you to be when the opportunity presented itself."
He then let his gaze drift to the boy he'd intercepted, having waited for him to finish speaking before starting his own words, thus leaving a lull where he'd addressed Ami's before looking to the expression of affection. "And that was a sentiment not unlike something someone dear to me would say. She's a woman who killed the teacher of our class to follow me into the ranks when we were genin, so I suspect, Ami, that you doubt the boy's affections unfairly."
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"We did discuss it, but you haven't yet learned that some people need such a thing before they can return the favor. Even in Konoha. The fact that you told me the boy would do well in Kiri alone should have indicated that you should perhaps..." He paused, looking for the correct words. "Have been a bit less what Konoha drilled you to be when the opportunity presented itself."
He then let his gaze drift to the boy he'd intercepted, having waited for him to finish speaking before starting his own words, thus leaving a lull where he'd addressed Ami's before looking to the expression of affection. "And that was a sentiment not unlike something someone dear to me would say. She's a woman who killed the teacher of our class to follow me into the ranks when we were genin, so I suspect, Ami, that you doubt the boy's affections unfairly."