[Aqua doesn't mind, because it takes a while for her to calm herself so that she isn't crying as much at all even if it's just relief and guilt and so many other things that she is not going to burden the others with but mostly just the gratefulness that, instead of simply disappearing back into the dark... she was here. With family. With her world and while it isn't their worlds it was better than nothing and it was all she could ask for.

Now if only there wasn't all this pain from not being able to do more... of being unable to save those she'd promised with the others.

When she lets go, she ruffles Xion's hair lightly, smiling as any sign of her sadness is wiped away. No, now it's just happiness and relief with a side of weariness because oh man, had that been a roller coaster.]

I'm sorry, Xion. [she really is.] To be honest... we weren't sure other than what Philemon said before we arrived where we were sent.

[Which was a whole other can of worms, but one step at a time.]