[Though she's tempted to close the distance between them and do the same, there's too much left unsaid, and his question causes her hold on him to loosen slightly. She pulls back, though not completely away— just enough space to make it easier to talk, with the hand at the back of his neck dropping to rest on his knee, instead.

Right. Where to begin with that?]

It's a very long story.

[Get comfortable.]

I told you he started out as my bodyguard, but it wasn't long before we were swept up into something much bigger than either of us realized. Tifa, too— she was there, and there were others. Sephiroth was seen in Midgar, even though nobody had seen him for ages.