Aqua wasn't the only one whose blood ran cold at Riku's tale. χ-blade. That thing that Ven had warned him about in the Graveyard, and that he could only assume was the reason Master had even tried to kill Ven to begin with.
As Aqua relayed what she knew, he felt... numb. But beyond the numbness, there was something else bubbling up. Anger, disbelief, heartbreak, disappointment. All hit him so strongly that it was hard to keep himself from reacting to them.
But they weren't his. He knew his own heart well enough to know that. Unlike the first surge of 'not him' emotions, this one wasn't fading. Wouldn't fade. It was hard staying distanced from them, since his own horror and anger was mixing with them.
He dips his head, tearing his gaze away from Riku and Aqua, as he tries to get his emotions out of control. Until then, he doesn't trust himself to 'speak'.
It takes a few minutes, separating his emotions from whatever is causing the tangled knot of something else inside him. As it starts to finally fade, he tries something he hasn't done since Promenade--that hasn't needed to do since then; separate himself from his emotions. Find the eye of calm at the center.
He makes a mental note to practice doing this more often.
He takes a steadying breath as his thoughts start to clear again. Okay. This is... better. Detached is better than losing his temper, or getting swept away by grief or guilt. Staying this way for a little while might help with retelling what little he knows. "I didn't find out about the χ-blade until much later. Xehanort had... essentially sent me on a wild goose chase after his apprentice, who he'd created by ripping the Darkness out of Ven's heart."
Funny, how he hadn't encountered the masked boy until that fight in the Keyblade Graveyard.
"Compared to Aqua or Ven, I don't know as much about it as I probably should. I know that Ven was connected to forging it, and I could only guess that Vanitas was also involved. But I do know one thing.
"That damned thing won't just open the path to Kingdom Hearts. Should Kingdom Hearts ever reappear, another Keyblade War will be triggered. Xehanort wanted that--it's the reason he possessed me in the first place; to 'live to see what lies beyond the Keyblade War'. The last one ripped the universe apart--I don't think I need to tell anyone here how much the worlds don't need something like that happening again."
... pieces. Riku had mentioned pieces. It was part of what had sparked that foreign anger to begin with. What could that mean?
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As Aqua relayed what she knew, he felt... numb. But beyond the numbness, there was something else bubbling up. Anger, disbelief, heartbreak, disappointment. All hit him so strongly that it was hard to keep himself from reacting to them.
But they weren't his. He knew his own heart well enough to know that. Unlike the first surge of 'not him' emotions, this one wasn't fading. Wouldn't fade. It was hard staying distanced from them, since his own horror and anger was mixing with them.
He dips his head, tearing his gaze away from Riku and Aqua, as he tries to get his emotions out of control. Until then, he doesn't trust himself to 'speak'.
It takes a few minutes, separating his emotions from whatever is causing the tangled knot of something else inside him. As it starts to finally fade, he tries something he hasn't done since Promenade--that hasn't needed to do since then; separate himself from his emotions. Find the eye of calm at the center.
He makes a mental note to practice doing this more often.
He takes a steadying breath as his thoughts start to clear again. Okay. This is... better. Detached is better than losing his temper, or getting swept away by grief or guilt. Staying this way for a little while might help with retelling what little he knows. "I didn't find out about the χ-blade until much later. Xehanort had... essentially sent me on a wild goose chase after his apprentice, who he'd created by ripping the Darkness out of Ven's heart."
Funny, how he hadn't encountered the masked boy until that fight in the Keyblade Graveyard.
"Compared to Aqua or Ven, I don't know as much about it as I probably should. I know that Ven was connected to forging it, and I could only guess that Vanitas was also involved. But I do know one thing.
"That damned thing won't just open the path to Kingdom Hearts. Should Kingdom Hearts ever reappear, another Keyblade War will be triggered. Xehanort wanted that--it's the reason he possessed me in the first place; to 'live to see what lies beyond the Keyblade War'. The last one ripped the universe apart--I don't think I need to tell anyone here how much the worlds don't need something like that happening again."
... pieces. Riku had mentioned pieces. It was part of what had sparked that foreign anger to begin with. What could that mean?