"I apologize," Sephiroth said, despite her tone when she said it.

He listened, thoughtful. He could definitely pick up on all the different ways she spoke of everyone. And he did indeed see when she stopped thinking about it all.

"Your world sounds very interesting," he said. "If I may ask, what are the sentient buildings?" Were they born that way? Magicked into living? Haunted?

That was the strangest thing she had said and he was very curious.