Fortunately he managed to bite back the first retort that sprung to mind, which was his certainty that delusions probably couldn't kill you. Instead settling on a vaguely amused huff at her sticking her tongue out at him. "Tch." Like nothing had happened between them. That there weren't several large elephants in the room all of which were leering at them both for attention. If Rinoa wanted to ignore it Seifer was perfectly content with playing along at something akin to normalcy for the moment. He'll go back out and freeze once the wind lets up some. Too much to unpack for one evening, none of it Seifer's quite willing to face.

Rather than address any of the things troubling him he settled instead on watching the strange creature with extreme suspicion. As if he expected it would somehow balloon into a towering monstrosity and try to eat him. With the creatures that roam their world, he wouldn't be terribly surprised by it doing that. "Why do you keep a monster in your house?" Obviously that looked as weird as that had to be related to monsters, right? Fear not, Rinoa, he was in no rush to try to pet the weird animal. Or move away from the door, much less take off his boots.

Her comment didn't exactly make him inclined to relax. Instead that wary glance just settled on her. For a brief moment there was grief there, a hint of apology before he hardened his features into the standard scowling mask he faced the world with. If things weren't so awkward he might have been able to join in on the joking. Right now he strongly considered running away. "I really shouldn't be here." Seriously, he'll take his chances with the snow.