Already contingency plans in place then. Good. They were going to need them if Sephiroth ended up snapping in this place. They may not have their original powers anymore, but Rufus had no doubt that the general was still extraordinarily strong and not someone to trifle with. He was trained to be a soldier since he was born after all.

Made it easier to focus on the threat of the Calamity. Although, Rufus wasn't going to ignore Sephiroth either. Doing so would be very careless of him.

He began to walk with Reno as he talked about the potential new recruit. "What weapons does he specialize in? Past history with fighting?" With only Reno and Elena here, getting more people to do his dirty work did sound appealing. Trusting him would probably take a long time, but perhaps they would eventually get there.