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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.

'Course. It takes a lot more than that to get me down.

[ ... and, outside liar's land-- ]

... 'Sides, you guys are still around so far.

Right..that's true. [He, like, half-believes that because he knows how Axel is and also he's seen enough memories by now to figure Axel wouldn't say anything anyway.]

It's the "so far" I'm worried about. I think Xion's scared of what's going to happen to me and Lune, and Naminé brought me cheesecake to prepare for tomorrow.

[So. They're doing fineish.]

[ he hums ]

... We gotta take it one day at a time. There's no point worrying about the future if we don't even know what tomorrow's gonna end up looking like.

I have more answers than you do for once, remember? [Just pointing out that he knows exactly what happened last night.] But last week wasn't so bad. You guys worked well together.

[ that's not what he said last week but you know what he will let that pass ]

Hey, you might know what happened last night, but you still don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow. [ :T ] Not like I was bein' literal in the first place.

[Convenient narrative, okay??]

I guess so. [:T] ...after tomorrow, Lune and I are going to have to figure out what our next plan is. I think we want to get past this before we make any final decisions.

Yeah. Can't really decide anything until we know for sure what things are gonna look like.

So what do we do with the rest of today until then?

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