Smooth, slow motions.
Once, one of his colonels had commented on the oddity of Sephiroth, the General spearheading the war against the orient, doing something like Tai Chi every morning. Sure, he didn't believe in Da Chao and reserved his beliefs for science rather than Odin and his host of sons and daughters, but he believed in the calming nature of the martial art. The beauty of it.
Some things simply were. He'd learnt a lot in Wutai, namely of Masamune. They should have known better.
The colonel had gotten Court Martialed for insubordination, of course. Along with Slander of a Higher Officer. He was lucky Sephiroth hadn't laid hands on him himself, at the time. Something about his comment had greatly annoyed Sephiroth, though it was a little too finicky for him to completely place what had caused his indignant rage.
Still, stepping through each of the
twenty-four forms was soothing, graceful and slow. It quietened down his mind, which had gotten a little too...chaotic, even with it now just being himself in there. He fell back on it like he'd fallen back on it during the Wutai Conflict, before Mother. In a way, he could almost feel the utter raw power of his energy soothing and calming, turning from waters at the height of a storm to a sooth, glass-like lake.
It did not mean, however, that he was not attentive to passers-by or those out strolling the grounds, even at dusk. The grass was dewy and wet under his feet, ice and snow having melted through the day of relative warmth. He barely felt it. Even shirtless and clad only in sweatpants that rode low on his hips.
(Sephiroth his quite sane this evening. Feel free to ask for lessons or ruffle his feathers again.)