[ he crosses his arms for a moment before he replies. ]

I — I will go with Sephiroth. We had already planned and I haven't changed my mind. And he . . . cares for me. To him, I'm important. He won't let me go.

[ but he's deathly afraid now that he'll lose that too. every single thing he's worked for, any sort of relationship he has tried, has just ended with no way of loki to fight back. ]