He is awake, more aware than he has felt in months... which makes him all the more aware of what he has done, of what he and Genesis have done. But he does not want to end it all because of such... Not right now, when Zack is clinging to him, keeping him there to stay.

The haze he has been seems to clear with the healing spell cast on him, and not just that, pulling the monsters away from the man, part the castle's work as well, now that he was healed. It happens slowly, until the man himself was standing there- both wings on his right side revealed as well. The monsters, four of them, seem stunned and do not move for a very long moment, about as long as it takes for Angeal to raise turn his head to look at Zack, breath escaping him before he turns to Martel as well, taking a moment to see if he can place the woman before he realize they have never met before.

"Where...?" But more importantly, why?