Zack jumped, actually jumped, at the sudden, unexpected voice. He'd been too preoccupied with trying to understand what was going on to hear the woman's approach. He spun around, quickly hefting his massive sword over his shoulder to rest on the magnetic harness strapped to his back. The woman didn't seem to be a threat, and he didn't want to scare her by holding out a sword nearly as big as she was, and most likely a whole lot heavier.
"New one?" he asked, frowning. "What do you mean?" Nevertheless, he obeyed her directive and walked to the end of the alley. Well, limped was more like it. Some of the grunts Shinra had sent after him could actually aim. Now that he was away from the fight and his adrenaline levels were easing off, he was starting to feel some of his injuries. Man, he hated getting shot.