"We'll see if we can find you some iron to pump," he says dryly.
He furrows his brow a little at Sora's answer.
"I wonder what he thinks you're doing, then," he admits. "I mean, why else would you need a Black Coat? Unless you just told him you were heading northward and don't have a coat of your own. I guess that would make some sense." And it's not really a lie.
He opens up an exit, then closes it and opens another entrance, pausing to make sure Sora's still on his heels.
"Well, I don't wanna make a habit of this," he says. "I mean I know you were mostly okay when we were in the Corridors before, but... I don't really like gambling with other people's safety." He shoots a grin over his shoulder. "Least not the safety of people I've grown kind'a fond of, anyway."
And he hopes Sora can appreciate the weight of this confession. If Sora wound up lost to the Darkness, Roxas would logically return from the depths of his heart, after all, and as desperately as Axel wants to see Roxas again, he's not willing to sacrifice Sora for that. Not anymore, however fleeting that thought had been once before.
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"We'll see if we can find you some iron to pump," he says dryly.
He furrows his brow a little at Sora's answer.
"I wonder what he thinks you're doing, then," he admits. "I mean, why else would you need a Black Coat? Unless you just told him you were heading northward and don't have a coat of your own. I guess that would make some sense." And it's not really a lie.
He opens up an exit, then closes it and opens another entrance, pausing to make sure Sora's still on his heels.
"Well, I don't wanna make a habit of this," he says. "I mean I know you were mostly okay when we were in the Corridors before, but... I don't really like gambling with other people's safety." He shoots a grin over his shoulder. "Least not the safety of people I've grown kind'a fond of, anyway."
And he hopes Sora can appreciate the weight of this confession. If Sora wound up lost to the Darkness, Roxas would logically return from the depths of his heart, after all, and as desperately as Axel wants to see Roxas again, he's not willing to sacrifice Sora for that. Not anymore, however fleeting that thought had been once before.