"I told you. Roxas shared his memories with me when when I saw him in my dream."
Sora takes a deep breath and exhales audibly with a soft 'whew' as he does so. He could see it in Lea's face that he had got it right, that it was a true memory of Roxas' and in truth, he's relieved for the confirmation. That part of his nightmare was real, Roxas' memories had really happened, it hadn't been a dream within the dream. Not that he had doubted that part, but he had wondered...
But now comes the hard part. The explanations, the difficult news he was going to have to break. If Lea thinks that saving his life happened in Castle Oblivion, then that means he hasn't lost Roxas yet. He hasn't lived to sacrifice himself for Sora.
How do you even begin to tell someone that they died?
"Silly. Just because you have a next life..."
"I... couldn't wake up until Roxas came back to me." Is that even the right way to put it? "And... I woke up a few months ago."
The guilt is written plainly over Sora's face and his chest still hurts, even knowing now that Roxas was content with the choice he had made. There had been no other way then, Sora knows that, but if he could fix it. And Axel had been Roxas' best friend; he'll let Lea fill in the blanks, he can't bring himself to say it out loud. It's too sad.
"The first time I remember meeting you, you told us what Xemnas and the Organization were after. You'd taken Kairi... but you told me you were sorry about it and then we fought together when we were attacked by Dusks. You saved me then, because you wanted to see Roxas and you said I reminded you of him. You put everything into your last attack so me and Donald and Goofy could get away and I couldn't save you."
He's watching Lea so carefully now, sincerity and apology open in his expression. This can't be easy to hear for him, it's certainly not easy for him to tell.
"But... Riku and me, we defeated Xemnas and after that, we went to try and become Keyblade masters and well, Riku totally aced it, of course but me, I got into trouble so this part I don't remember 'cause I was asleep, I only know what Riku and the others told me. Xehanort- you know Xehanort, right? Anyway, he tried to turn me into one of his vessels and then you showed up because you'd got your heart back and you saved me, but you told us your name wasn't Axel anymore. It was Lea."
Sora takes another deep breath, this time the tension leaves his shoulders.
"So now we're all on the same side because we've got to stop Xehanort because he wants to remake the χ-blade by having the Thirteen Darknesses fight the Seven Lights and I guess maybe Master Yen Sid thinks you're going to be one of those now because you've got a Keyblade too."
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Sora takes a deep breath and exhales audibly with a soft 'whew' as he does so. He could see it in Lea's face that he had got it right, that it was a true memory of Roxas' and in truth, he's relieved for the confirmation. That part of his nightmare was real, Roxas' memories had really happened, it hadn't been a dream within the dream. Not that he had doubted that part, but he had wondered...
But now comes the hard part. The explanations, the difficult news he was going to have to break. If Lea thinks that saving his life happened in Castle Oblivion, then that means he hasn't lost Roxas yet. He hasn't lived to sacrifice himself for Sora.
How do you even begin to tell someone that they died?
"Silly. Just because you have a next life..."
"I... couldn't wake up until Roxas came back to me." Is that even the right way to put it? "And... I woke up a few months ago."
The guilt is written plainly over Sora's face and his chest still hurts, even knowing now that Roxas was content with the choice he had made. There had been no other way then, Sora knows that, but if he could fix it. And Axel had been Roxas' best friend; he'll let Lea fill in the blanks, he can't bring himself to say it out loud. It's too sad.
"The first time I remember meeting you, you told us what Xemnas and the Organization were after. You'd taken Kairi... but you told me you were sorry about it and then we fought together when we were attacked by Dusks. You saved me then, because you wanted to see Roxas and you said I reminded you of him. You put everything into your last attack so me and Donald and Goofy could get away and I couldn't save you."
He's watching Lea so carefully now, sincerity and apology open in his expression. This can't be easy to hear for him, it's certainly not easy for him to tell.
"But... Riku and me, we defeated Xemnas and after that, we went to try and become Keyblade masters and well, Riku totally aced it, of course but me, I got into trouble so this part I don't remember 'cause I was asleep, I only know what Riku and the others told me. Xehanort- you know Xehanort, right? Anyway, he tried to turn me into one of his vessels and then you showed up because you'd got your heart back and you saved me, but you told us your name wasn't Axel anymore. It was Lea."
Sora takes another deep breath, this time the tension leaves his shoulders.
"So now we're all on the same side because we've got to stop Xehanort because he wants to remake the χ-blade by having the Thirteen Darknesses fight the Seven Lights and I guess maybe Master Yen Sid thinks you're going to be one of those now because you've got a Keyblade too."
He laughs awkwardly to break the tension.
"I think that's everything... more or less."