[Sora sounds surprisingly breezy about it, as though it's just a regular, run of the mill hardship to knuckle down and get over. It wasn't, it never could be. He still remembers The End of the World, all those fragments of worlds fallen to Darkness. He remembers watching the play island getting swallowed, of being ripped away from Riku and Kairi and feeling so utterly, utterly helpless.
It's not unlike how he's feeling about what just happened down below.
And that's why Sora's pasting a subdued smile to his face. Because this isn't about him feeling shaken that it's all happened again and even after everything he's done, all that he's fought for to grow and to learn, it still hasn't been enough. It's not about how he realises with grim certainty that he's still nowhere close to being a Master. Right now, this moment, is about giving Terra the support he needs so that he won't give up.]
But... we're still here. Me, Riku, and Kairi, even though she's sleeping. We all survived, and our world got put back together. There was a time, just after it happened, when I didn't think I'd ever get to see that again.
[And this is probably the first time he's ever admitted that fear out loud. He puts one more flower down in front of Kairi's pod and turns back to Terra.]
I was lucky though. I had good friends with me, and even when I didn't much feel like smiling, they made me. Donald and Goofy, they were right there with me, even when we'd only just met and didn't know each other at all, even when I'd lost my best friends and was worried sick about them, and it really helped.
So... I know I'm not Ventus or Aqua, but I'm your friend Terra. We can find a way forward together. You, me, Riku and Axel and everybody else here.
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[Sora sounds surprisingly breezy about it, as though it's just a regular, run of the mill hardship to knuckle down and get over. It wasn't, it never could be. He still remembers The End of the World, all those fragments of worlds fallen to Darkness. He remembers watching the play island getting swallowed, of being ripped away from Riku and Kairi and feeling so utterly, utterly helpless.
It's not unlike how he's feeling about what just happened down below.
And that's why Sora's pasting a subdued smile to his face. Because this isn't about him feeling shaken that it's all happened again and even after everything he's done, all that he's fought for to grow and to learn, it still hasn't been enough. It's not about how he realises with grim certainty that he's still nowhere close to being a Master. Right now, this moment, is about giving Terra the support he needs so that he won't give up.]
But... we're still here. Me, Riku, and Kairi, even though she's sleeping. We all survived, and our world got put back together. There was a time, just after it happened, when I didn't think I'd ever get to see that again.
[And this is probably the first time he's ever admitted that fear out loud. He puts one more flower down in front of Kairi's pod and turns back to Terra.]
I was lucky though. I had good friends with me, and even when I didn't much feel like smiling, they made me. Donald and Goofy, they were right there with me, even when we'd only just met and didn't know each other at all, even when I'd lost my best friends and was worried sick about them, and it really helped.
So... I know I'm not Ventus or Aqua, but I'm your friend Terra. We can find a way forward together. You, me, Riku and Axel and everybody else here.