The silence that followed that demonstration still hung heavy in the air, like an invisible layer pressing each of those present to reorganize everything they knew about limits, rules, and the very workings of that world.
But, unlike the others, there was someone there who had no interest whatsoever in simply accepting it in silence.
Sephirothy was the first to move.
She took a step forward, her wings adjusting slightly behind her as her gaze fixed directly on Vergil, not with hostility, but with a barely disguised incredulity, like someone who had just witnessed something that simply shouldn't be possible, even by the absurd standards they were already accustomed to.
"What… the hell… happened?" she asked slowly, each word carrying enough weight to cut off any attempt at relaxation that still remained in the air.
Her eyes moved briefly to the three newly manifested presences before returning to him. "How exactly are these three here, like this?"
