Honestly Sephiroth didn't have complete faith Cloud's attempt here will do much, but it should do something ... it's just hard to believe any of this will work in doing anything useful.

If only he had his powers and could just burn the entire ship down. That'd be the solution.

And then of course an assistant pops up, Sephiroth turns sharply at the person but says nothing at first.

"We behave as we wish," says Sephiroth being even less helpful than Cloud.