You had been in the SOLDIER program for no less than two months now, and your mentor has unfortunately suffered a life threatening injury and had to take some time off to heal. While your mentor was out of commission, Lazard had assigned Angeal to cover any and all of your training, which also meant occasional joint missions with his other apprentice, Zack Fair. As well as seeing both Angeal and Zack quite frequently, Genesis and Sephiroth himself rarely had free time to overwatch your progress.