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Like I told Shess. The nature of her murder will be revealed if you search enough. [... ] She told me she went to talk to you though last weekend. What's she say?

[ he hums. but at that, he... shrugs. ]

Well, she kinda got it backwards. I went to talk to her about the stuff I was gonna talk about Monday, and... that was about it.

[...fair enough. Now that he thinks about it, that makes sense, too.]

You still don't really see eye to eye with her on stuff, do you?

[ uh. ]

I got nothing against her.

[He shakes his head. But...moving away from the Milla subject.]

...I'm going to do my best to keep Lune safe. And the rest of you. So I'll be fine. [Apparently if you believe hard enough, you won't get stabbed.]

Yeah, you will be.

[ with the confidence of someone who will personally make sure of it, ha ha ]

...Saix and I argued about this a few weeks ago. He wanted to try and find a way to stay awake and protect people, including me. I told him no, and now he's trying to tell me I was wrong. [It's. Strange. It sort of makes sense but it's strange.]

...You guys let other people stay awake, though, didn't you? For favors.

[ axel is not gonna say saix was right because that's false and cursed, but he is at least. curious about that part ]

Uh huh. I wasn't against him getting a task to stay awake if someone went after you three or himself.

But for you it wasn't worth it.

[ a beat ]

Yeeeeet.

[...he flips off his hood and just stares up at him. Look at your son, who probably desperately wants a nap but now he's just kind of annoyed by today.]

I'm not telling Saix he was right about anything.

[ well. now that the hood is off, it's time to hair ruffle ]

Well, that's fine, he wasn't. When's he ever been? It was silly to try an' protect you when you couldn't get hurt.

Hey! [!! He's swiping at Axel's hand but he's mostly allowing that hair ruffle so that's a sign things are probably not so great. Ah well.]

That's what I tried to tell him. [...] He was right to try and protect you guys though. I'll admit that.

[ hm. he lets his hand rest on roxas's head to make it a little headpat before removing it. he makes a face ]

Don't tell him that.

[Thanks Axel. He's also making a face.] Still not planning on telling him that either. ...it's weird though. It's almost like we're kind of getting along.

It's not that weird. You kinda get along with him back home, don't you?

[Just. Making a face.] I guess. But that's different. He's not...like this back home.

[He gets along better with Isa than Saix, and yet. It's weird. There's a pause.]

...I don't know what to do next.

He's less of a jerk, you can say it.

[ less of a xehanort. anyway-- ]

... About everything?

Yeah. [Does not specify which he means, but it's both.] I know what I want to do, but doing it is different than what has to happen.

So... what is it that you wanna do?

Find another way. Keep you guys safe. Stop all of this, and protect Lune.

[...] It sort of feels like we were set up to lose.

I wouldn't call it a loss quite yet. Don't count us out 'til we're done for real, you know?

[ but he pauses, deliberating ]

... But I won't disagree this all feels like one lousy set up.

I'm not counting anybody out. We still have a few days. But if it was just a set up, what even was the point?

... I wish I could tell you.

...are you okay? You keep asking me, but I haven't asked you.

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