[ still reeling from the copy's last screams in her voice, xion is startled by the corridor opening behind her, her eye growing wide in fear because she thinks the darkness is here to take her once again—
...
but it isn't. and she reaches out to grasp his hand, unable to speak in fear of letting everything she's feeling spill out all at once. ]
[Truthfully, having to watch and being unable to help was harder than he ever thought. There's barely a second of hesitation before he takes her hand and pulls her closer, immediately turning it into a hug. This is probably more than he's ever hugged her in their lives but whatever. Whatever.
He doesn't say anything yet, but eventually he speaks.]
...it's gone now. You're going to be okay. [He did promise, but it's a relief that the promise came through thanks to the help of others.]
[That's fine, he's a little desperate at this point, too.]
I'm not gonna let that happen. Not to you, and not to the others. It wasn't supposed to be like this but I'm not letting them take you away.
[He doesn't know how much Xion knows about the future. He wonders if he should tell her.] I should have found a way to do something else to stop this. But when the lights disappear, we can't come back. There has to be a way I can keep you guys safe.
[...] But we're together now. That's not gonna change.
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but it isn't. and she reaches out to grasp his hand, unable to speak in fear of letting everything she's feeling spill out all at once. ]
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He doesn't say anything yet, but eventually he speaks.]
...it's gone now. You're going to be okay. [He did promise, but it's a relief that the promise came through thanks to the help of others.]
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Roxas, I... I don't want to die. Not like this. Not when... not when we all can be together.
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I'm not gonna let that happen. Not to you, and not to the others. It wasn't supposed to be like this but I'm not letting them take you away.
[He doesn't know how much Xion knows about the future. He wonders if he should tell her.] I should have found a way to do something else to stop this. But when the lights disappear, we can't come back. There has to be a way I can keep you guys safe.
[...] But we're together now. That's not gonna change.