[Sephiroth watches Cloud almost as though he's studying his every move. Every feature -- clearly thinking of his next move, though with this truce or whatever it is between them right now his thoughts aren't of any attack. He's considering things ... his plans ... the future. Pretty much all of it.

With a sigh, he goes to wave Cloud off rather dismissively, but stops almost mid action.]

Geostigma is caused by the lifestream attacking those who have been touched by --

[Another pause as he almost says Mother but then opts for]

-- Jenova. Parts of my essence joined the lifestream wave that washed over humanity to protect it from Meteor. Do as you will with that information.

[He considers adding 'killing me won't make it go away' but figures Cloud would have already gone for that option if he thought it was an answer. ... And Sephiroth isn't sure he'd really care if Cloud decided to stab him to death right here and now. It might be better than what he's going through (or it might make things worse. It'll probably make things worse).

With that he now dismissively waves the other man off before turning himself. He's going to go make his way into one of the rooms and sulk seethe over how much he hates everything while waiting for Cloud to return. He can't do much else. Maybe whatever is happening to him will just go ahead and kill him.

He doubts it, he'll probably just end up coughing more bloody flowers all over the place. Which is what Cloud will most likely find when he returns again. Sephiroth laying down surrounded by a lot of decaying flower petals.]