Nothing Sora has said has given Roxas any indication what he's about to see, so it's just as well that he's not really looking for an answer. Ready? Ready for what?
He peeks in curiously from behind Sora, and for a fraction of a second it's sort of underwhelming. Just a plain space with a figure on a bed, what's so—
And then all the air goes out of the room.
Axel?
Yes, people could awaken in the pods having come from different times. And yes, people could be here who weren't supposed to be here. But those people were alive—he'd been alive, somehow still existing in the warmth of Sora's heart. Axel was dead, faded away into nothing because he'd given up everything for Roxas' sake.
And now here he is, standing in front of Roxas and looking just as thunderstruck as he feels.
For a heartbeat longer, everything is still. And then he's moving, somehow getting enough speed in those few feet to hurl himself at Axel. If Sora's was the first hug he received, this is the first one he's given, throwing his arms around his best friend and holding on tight.
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He peeks in curiously from behind Sora, and for a fraction of a second it's sort of underwhelming. Just a plain space with a figure on a bed, what's so—
And then all the air goes out of the room.
Axel?
Yes, people could awaken in the pods having come from different times. And yes, people could be here who weren't supposed to be here. But those people were alive—he'd been alive, somehow still existing in the warmth of Sora's heart. Axel was dead, faded away into nothing because he'd given up everything for Roxas' sake.
And now here he is, standing in front of Roxas and looking just as thunderstruck as he feels.
For a heartbeat longer, everything is still. And then he's moving, somehow getting enough speed in those few feet to hurl himself at Axel. If Sora's was the first hug he received, this is the first one he's given, throwing his arms around his best friend and holding on tight.