"What, and she's incapable of communicating on our level well enough to explain?" Sephiroth doubts that. If there is some way out, the Ancient doesn't want them to find it so easily. Even if he were to believe what little she has told them, he's seen very little in the way of 'progress' among any of them. He's been here nine months and the color of his ScryWatch hasn't changed. Either way, is it really a choice if you don't know how to make it?

But that last addition surprises him. 'For you.' "...you want to stay?"