Rufus is silent for a moment as he reaches up to loosen Tseng's tie, the only sound in the room is a soft rustle of fabric before Rufus tosses the tie over the edge of the bed. If they begin down this road there will be no going back. They would have to handle the consequences as they come.

And it's a path he'll have to tread carefully. He wonders what his father would do in this situation. He most likely wouldn't have hesitated to give the order to bring Zack in, extract any information from him, and then turn over what was left to Shinra's finest scientists. All in the name of preserving the wealth and power of SEPC.

His own ambitions may in the interest of the greater good but that doesn't change how unpleasant some of the methods they have to use really are. His gaze meets Tseng as he starts unbuttoning his shirt slowly, pulling each button lose with steady fingers.

"Very well. Do what you need to do, Tseng."