Zack frowns at that. Even as a kid, he's way too perceptive. Or he jumps to unfortunate conclusions. "Don't know," he answers, and that much is true. He wasn't there, he didn't see the where or the when. "I'm the one who died."

If they're gonna talk about death so bluntly, it's better to get it out in the open rather than dance around it. He's not a good enough liar to pretend Sephiroth didn't die, or that their friendship hadn't ended when Nibelheim burned, so he can let his own demise be the distraction. He doesn't take his eyes off the television, though he barely parses anything on the screen. He just doesn't want to meet Sephiroth's eyes in this moment. Talking about his own death is still... really difficult.