[Sephiroth is studying the unfamiliar constellations when the stranger speaks. He glances in his direction, expecting him to be addressing someone else, because certainly two strangers who happened to encounter each other on the same stretch of beach ought to go on ignoring one another, but... there's no one else here.
In other circumstances, he might be annoyed to have someone abruptly confiding in him, but maybe he's feeling introspective himself, and it piques his curiosity. Things like family are entirely outside his realm of experience, so... sometimes he wonders about them.]
...are you expecting condolences?
[It's not said with sarcasm. He honestly doesn't know if that's the appropriate response here.]
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In other circumstances, he might be annoyed to have someone abruptly confiding in him, but maybe he's feeling introspective himself, and it piques his curiosity. Things like family are entirely outside his realm of experience, so... sometimes he wonders about them.]
...are you expecting condolences?
[It's not said with sarcasm. He honestly doesn't know if that's the appropriate response here.]