He smiled at her kind words. Yes Angeal taught Zack, but the rest he did on his own. And the First Class was immensely proud of his pup.

And on this Sephiroth topic, he couldn't expect her to keep smiling. But he just nodded to her worries, not dismissing them in the slightest.

Words he said to Zack to his mind, where he said he should have dealt with Genesis. Angeal wasn't making the same mistakes here as he did back when he was alive. The least he could do was help people out while he was here, just like he used to back home. And if he fixed some of his mistakes from before his death, all the better.

So he gave Aerith a small smile. "It's alright. If you see him and he makes you nervous, then come find me. I'll deal with him."