[ Tseng lets nothing slip past his collected exterior, looking every bit as professional and put together now as he did on every mission he completed alongside Zack, the only difference now being the length of his hair. His first objective is to figure out where here is, second is figuring out how he arrived... And, at some point, he'll figure out why Zack is standing before him.

His tone is not the same tone Tseng generally heard from the SOLDIER, and the look in his eyes is not one he's used to seeing. It's unsettling, to say the least, but nothing Tseng isn't used to seeing from others. After all, the Turks aren't always looked fondly upon, and he's seen the same look, heard the same tone from plenty of others throughout his career. ]

I am human, after all, and humans make mistakes from time to time. [ A pause ] I can't always be in the loop regarding matters outside of Shinra's reaches.

[ He takes a moment to collect his thoughts before speaking again. ]

I haven't been here long. Enough time to become familiar with this area of the forest, nothing more.