How strange to hear that title again. It's been so long that he's not sure it fits him very well anymore. Like his time here has worn it down at the edges, the curves no longer fitting his form. He pushes that thought away for now, unwilling to be distracted by the idea.

Instead, Sephiroth nods. He does not know Rude, of course, his familiarity with the man only exists in passing. But he remembers him as always stoic, somewhat difficult to read. Much like Sephiroth, simply to a different degree.

"I've been here for a while now."

However, in a show that reveals how tired Sephiroth has become of subtly fishing for details, he asks outright, perhaps without preamble, "I need to ask you what's the last thing you remember from our Planet."

This is a fine enough greeting, right.