What a hostile individual. It did nothing to calm Sephiroth and with Selvaria's commentary it served only to further tighten his grip around the knife he still adequately concealed. He narrowed eyes as his face dropped more into what could be recognized as a scowl as already he were sizing her up; somewhere between gathering as much detail about her as possible at the same time as assessing her as a threat and smooth ways he might deal with it.

The threat itself aside, there was a detail which held him back from also leaping into an attack.

"Naive and foolishly overconfident, yourself." He retorted but gave no time for a reply before continuing. "You might consider to get your facts straight before making such threats.

"There is no such Emperor Maximillian here. In this realm to which you've only just arrived, correct?"