[His anger fades as she flounders. He knows what it would do to her--to them--if Xion started absorbing Roxas' memories and powers again, and if she's this quick to not accuse DiZ of being responsible for it then he'll believe she honestly doesn't think he's to blame, but...]
But how is that even possible? [It's more rhetoric than that he actually expects an answer.
[This really makes no sense. Okay, so if time freezes when they come here, and Roxas came here that long ago... then who did they spend the next two years with? Had the Organization made a copy of Roxas? Were they in league with whoever that man in the butterfly mask had been? That feels a little too elaborate; that was long before any of them had defected... if Xemnas had known they had planned to do just that, why not just take them out back then? Why go to the trouble of creating a copy and bringing them here to this strange world?
[Did this have something to do with that destruction or salvation of the worlds she had mentioned?
[Ugh, this is giving him a headache.]
Okay... just... [He holds one hand up, a silent request for a moment of quiet to collect his thoughts. This is a bit much to try and swallow all at once: the not being dead anymore, the having his heart back, the decision to return to the kids after all, all that had been headache enough, but now all this on top of it?
[He kneads his brow and then sighs heavily before lifting his eyes to Xion.]
Okay, I don't really get it, but I think you're probably right: if you had absorbed his memories, you'd know. You've always been able to tell before, right? Once you knew what was really happening to the two of you...
[There's something like apology in his eyes. He doesn't like losing his temper in front of the kids, and it doesn't happen often, but DiZ has always had a knack for pushing the wrong buttons, and even mention of the bigoted old bastard is enough to make Lea's lip curl with contempt. He doesn't care if he's 'gotten better about it', he's still a bigoted old bastard as far as he's concerned, and the idea that he might have been behind this was more than enough to get his hackles up.]
I dunno, if... if Roxas has physically regressed, that seems like a whole other ballgame. [He rubs his face with both hands and sort of groans.] Ugh, this makes no sense at all; what is this crazy place?
[And he lifts his head again to give her a serious, if confused look.]
So you really don't remember actually finding Aqua?
[Maybe he'll just keep the part about dying to himself for now. He knows now that lying because he thinks it'll save them pain isn't the way to go, but somehow adding that to the table feels like overload right at the moment.]
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But how is that even possible? [It's more rhetoric than that he actually expects an answer.
[This really makes no sense. Okay, so if time freezes when they come here, and Roxas came here that long ago... then who did they spend the next two years with? Had the Organization made a copy of Roxas? Were they in league with whoever that man in the butterfly mask had been? That feels a little too elaborate; that was long before any of them had defected... if Xemnas had known they had planned to do just that, why not just take them out back then? Why go to the trouble of creating a copy and bringing them here to this strange world?
[Did this have something to do with that destruction or salvation of the worlds she had mentioned?
[Ugh, this is giving him a headache.]
Okay... just... [He holds one hand up, a silent request for a moment of quiet to collect his thoughts. This is a bit much to try and swallow all at once: the not being dead anymore, the having his heart back, the decision to return to the kids after all, all that had been headache enough, but now all this on top of it?
[He kneads his brow and then sighs heavily before lifting his eyes to Xion.]
Okay, I don't really get it, but I think you're probably right: if you had absorbed his memories, you'd know. You've always been able to tell before, right? Once you knew what was really happening to the two of you...
[There's something like apology in his eyes. He doesn't like losing his temper in front of the kids, and it doesn't happen often, but DiZ has always had a knack for pushing the wrong buttons, and even mention of the bigoted old bastard is enough to make Lea's lip curl with contempt. He doesn't care if he's 'gotten better about it', he's still a bigoted old bastard as far as he's concerned, and the idea that he might have been behind this was more than enough to get his hackles up.]
I dunno, if... if Roxas has physically regressed, that seems like a whole other ballgame. [He rubs his face with both hands and sort of groans.] Ugh, this makes no sense at all; what is this crazy place?
[And he lifts his head again to give her a serious, if confused look.]
So you really don't remember actually finding Aqua?
[Maybe he'll just keep the part about dying to himself for now. He knows now that lying because he thinks it'll save them pain isn't the way to go, but somehow adding that to the table feels like overload right at the moment.]