[Sephiroth nods slightly in return and offers a rote thanks:]
Your guidance was appreciated.
[He doesn't expect the man to wait. Showing him to food was the extent of his offer.
Sephiroth's used to being something of a spectacle, so it's easy to push that part aside. It's just... less demeaning to participate in a stupid contest where the process itself gets him what he wants, rather than to have to put on a performance and suffer the meaningless compliments of strangers only for the possibility that nothing will come of it.
So he'll settle himself, and eat some pastries. Perhaps not with the speed of someone trying to win a contest, but at least with the efficiency of one who's never spared much time for meals.]
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Your guidance was appreciated.
[He doesn't expect the man to wait. Showing him to food was the extent of his offer.
Sephiroth's used to being something of a spectacle, so it's easy to push that part aside. It's just... less demeaning to participate in a stupid contest where the process itself gets him what he wants, rather than to have to put on a performance and suffer the meaningless compliments of strangers only for the possibility that nothing will come of it.
So he'll settle himself, and eat some pastries. Perhaps not with the speed of someone trying to win a contest, but at least with the efficiency of one who's never spared much time for meals.]