The adrenaline didn't wear off until he had returned to the Shinra Building. After Sephiroth had left him, he had realized that he was stranded in Edge with no cell phone, no guards, in an area where people may not be overly fond of him despite the reputation of a new Shinra he had been attempting to cultivate after Meteorfall.
The driver who had brought him here was dead, along with his entire escort but that wasn't going to stop him from taking the keys and driving himself back. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time but even though getting from Edge back to Sector 0 turned out to be more difficult than he had anticipated. His confident stride through the building doesn't betray how much he's shaking after the surge of adrenaline he had been riding on when Sephiroth had held his sword to his throat.
It's not until he reaches the 70th floor does he finally realize he doesn't have his cell phone to contact Tseng to meet him there so he sends the first guard who has the misfortune to be posted on the 70th floor he encounters down to get the Turk.
While he waits he changes out of white clothes that has smeared blood on them from his efforts to move the dead driver out of the car, just leaving them on the floor as he pulls on a robe. When Tseng arrives, Rufus is standing in front of a mirror inspecting the faint hint of a cut across his throat. He had come so close when he had dared Sephiroth to strike him down right then and there.
Somehow he had survived as he always did but he doesn't feel the relief he should be feeling at the moment.
@ tseng
The driver who had brought him here was dead, along with his entire escort but that wasn't going to stop him from taking the keys and driving himself back. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time but even though getting from Edge back to Sector 0 turned out to be more difficult than he had anticipated. His confident stride through the building doesn't betray how much he's shaking after the surge of adrenaline he had been riding on when Sephiroth had held his sword to his throat.
It's not until he reaches the 70th floor does he finally realize he doesn't have his cell phone to contact Tseng to meet him there so he sends the first guard who has the misfortune to be posted on the 70th floor he encounters down to get the Turk.
While he waits he changes out of white clothes that has smeared blood on them from his efforts to move the dead driver out of the car, just leaving them on the floor as he pulls on a robe. When Tseng arrives, Rufus is standing in front of a mirror inspecting the faint hint of a cut across his throat. He had come so close when he had dared Sephiroth to strike him down right then and there.
Somehow he had survived as he always did but he doesn't feel the relief he should be feeling at the moment.