[That gets a startled look. Terra stares at Riku's face for a moment, until he's able to push past the shock of hearing that kind of 'request'... again. He glances away then, his jaw clenching.
He does consider Riku's appeal, but it doesn't take long for him to decide how to answer it.]
I won't let the darkness have your heart.
[He (pretty much) just repeats himself, his voice quieter but no less firm.
With that, he turns, dismisses his Keyblade, and walks away.
You're wrong, you know, he almost calls back. This isn't you.
The boy I met on the island was you. The boy in that memory who said he remembers everyone from his home, all of his closest friends, was you. The young man who came to this stasis unit to try and find his family, who told me how glad he was his friends are sleeping safe in pods here, was you.
But this isn't who you are. It can't be.
He can't quite bring himself to say any of that out loud, though. Maybe he's having doubts about those thoughts right now.]
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He does consider Riku's appeal, but it doesn't take long for him to decide how to answer it.]
I won't let the darkness have your heart.
[He (pretty much) just repeats himself, his voice quieter but no less firm.
With that, he turns, dismisses his Keyblade, and walks away.
You're wrong, you know, he almost calls back. This isn't you.
The boy I met on the island was you. The boy in that memory who said he remembers everyone from his home, all of his closest friends, was you. The young man who came to this stasis unit to try and find his family, who told me how glad he was his friends are sleeping safe in pods here, was you.
But this isn't who you are. It can't be.
He can't quite bring himself to say any of that out loud, though. Maybe he's having doubts about those thoughts right now.]