[ Sephiroth's eyes snapped back to Angeal when he spoke. He didn't know what he expected but that wasn't-- He didn't deserve-- Sephiroth shoved those thoughts along with the surprise widening his eyes down with the rest and fought himself back to some semblance of calm again. He was his usual expressionless self and yet... ]

Angeal. I-

[ Sephiroth closed his mouth, but there was no point. He'd come this far now and Angeal deserved to know the rest. ]

I'm not human. Jenova, my mother, isn't human. She's a monster. Genesis called me the perfect monster. That's what I a--what I become.

[ Distantly, Sephiroth remembers there was a question somewhere in there. He purses his lips slightly. ]

I...didn't take the news well.