Zack takes that offered hand, letting his friend haul him back to his feet without incident, and the General receives a nod of thanks before Zack pouts a bit, arms crossed over his chest.

"Hey, you know me. I'm not just gonna sit around when there's something I can do to help people. A lot of these guys probably don't have any idea of what to do in this mess."

Civilians, kids...if there's anything he can do to help, he'll do it and Sephiroth knows it just as well as Zack does.