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[The feed flickers on and Lea fiddles with it a moment, turning the screen sideways briefly before making a face and righting it. Crazy newfangled technology. He's not wearing the watch, rather has it set on the table in his apartment like it's a tiny tiny computer. After making sure the little screen will stay upright by itself, Lea frowns at it a moment before scratching his head.]

So they tell me this watch thingy posts live to a network everybody in the city can see. Wow, that's pretty impressive--not just in technology but in trust! [He leans forward a bit, folding his arms on the back of the chair he's sitting backwards in and plunking his chin down on them.] I mean, I could say anything, and I wouldn't even be censored? [A low, appraising whistle.]

I mean, not that I'd ever do anything like that. [Grin~]

So where can a guy find the best ice cream in town? I've had a long day you guys wouldn't believe.

[Nothing like being dead and then waking up and finding out you got your heart back and wrangling with the idea of having real emotions again and debating whether or not you should track down your old friends who think you're dead and then getting pelted by children falling out of trees to wear you out. Yup. But he's not gonna go into details.

[A beat of silence and then he glances around as if making sure no one's watching before he cups a hand beside his mouth and says in a stage whisper,] Xemnas is an insufferable ass. And his briefings were boring as hell. [Just checking on that censorship thing. Yup. Nothing to see here.]

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So you three do find me.

[It had been mentioned before, but--

It's probably a good thing she'd been sitting down when the conversation started. Otherwise she'd likely be on the floor right about now. Though she can't help but wonder: at what price....]

[He watches the emotions play across Aqua's face, from surprise to genuine shock through half a dozen things he can't quite put a finger on, and then finally land on something like desperate relief. He's seen that look before.

[It's the same look that crossed her face when they'd found her in that dark and horrible place. But... why does she seem so surprised about this? Doesn't she remember being found? She obviously recognizes him, she knew him by name, after all, even if she doesn't seem to realize he died...

[Something's fishy here.]

Aqua. You okay there?

[Did he somehow go back in time when he died? That doesn't make any sense, wouldn't that unravel the fabric of the cosmos or something? What if he went to the Realm of Darkness and prevented his own death or something? Would the universe implode? (Not that he would have; getting his heart back had been the best unexpected side effect of being dead besides the suddenly not being dead anymore part!)]

What do you mean we do find you? ... We did find you. You were, you know... there for it. Remember? How else would you know who I am? That was the first time we met.

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[Well, not quite. This world is "special" in its own spechul way.
...
It's a few more seconds before she nods faintly.]

Mm. I'm alright.

[More than alright, really. This is the second time she's heard something like this, okay... though the first time was only "we're looking for you now" and not "we've found you." It's a lot to take in at once, much like she's going to be telling him in a second.]

You've already spoken to Xion, right?

[Please have the bitty mention the different times thing because she's from a point where this is only a possibility and not fact. Thus she is... really hoping and praying that it is going to become truth. His reaction, however, was telling.]

Um, well...

[Might as well take the plunge. ...only this time with a lot less at stake.]

This world is a little... different than the others you've likely been to. When we were called here to help this one, they didn't seem to be too concerned about bringing us from the same point in time. [She pauses to let that sink in...] It's... only been around six years for me, since I first dove into the darkness after him.

[Lea should have a feeling who she is talking about.]

As for how I know who you are... it's a little crazier and involves a world of dreams.

Yeah, a bit--she and Roxas are coming over and we're gonna have a... well, heart to heart, if you will. Some stuff's just better discussed in person.

[He listens as she explains and his eyes wing toward the ceiling a moment. So about twelve years since she supposedly dove into the dark realm, and it's only been six for her, means she's from six years ago... Six years ago...

[He whistles.]

Wow, so you're from back when I was still pretty well entrenched in the Organization. [And yeah, he knows who you're talking about. The king didn't have a whole lot of information about exactly what happened, but The General Idea was awful enough. It isn't pity that furrows his brow together, though--he gets it. Hell, he'd have done the same thing, really. He kind of... did. But that's another story for another day, apparently.

[Lea rubs his chin curiously then.]

World of dreams, huh? I'm honestly a little surprised you don't wanna kick my ass if you met me from six years in my past, though--I was kind of a jerk back then.

[No, Lea, there's really no 'kind of'. You were a jerk until Roxas and Xion came along and you know it.]

Mm. I know how that is.

[Especially since Terra was here and, oh man... there is a lot to talk about.

Aqua nods faintly. That sounded about right, but at the same time there were still a lot of things about the time on the other side of the divide that she didn't know about. She really only knew what would happen in--well, four years for her.]

Well, I probably would have... but the "dream you" there didn't seem to be that much of a jerk. You had Roxas and Xion with you there for a while, too.

[It's A Long Story and surprise! Real time does not seem to effect dreams. ~~Though it's kind of weird because it was normally Terra who had those kinds of visions and not very often, either...~~]

Promenade was confusing; I'll give it that...

[Lea taps his chin.] Hm, well I guess if Roxas and Xion were there maybe they'd already begun my Anti-Jerk Training regimen.

[He's still not really sure what it all means... dream worlds, temporal paradoxes, alternate realities, good grief it's making his head hurt a little. But it's easier to just roll with it than flip out, and he's always been a fan of the path of least resistance.

[He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly then.]

Well, I guess so long as we're sharing stories, then... technically it's Lea now, not Axel. [He's not sure how well Aqua knows him... er... "him"? But even if she already knows him well from that world of dreams, she still called him Axel, and that's not accurate anymore. It wouldn't do to build an alliance on a false foundation, after all.]

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