Twenty-first Key

[optimistickey]

[Sora is back in his own room again. It takes him a little bit to recognize what all of this is, including the pictures he's pinned to the walls and the dirty clothes on the floor. There's another moment of thinking, and then his face instantly falls. He looks completely miserable, as if he's ready to break down any moment.]

That...that was absolutely horrible...

[He squeezes his eyes shut and swallows.] Gypsy...please let's not use the dimension jumping engine again! I don't ever wanna be...wanna do something like that, ever again!

Comments

[wefallinsilence]

I'd assume not all dimensions would be as horrible as that one.

[optimistickey]

I don't want to find out if there's anything that bad!

[wefallinsilence]

You aren't alone in that.

[optimistickey]

And...I’m really sorry, about everything that happened.

[wefallinsilence]

There's no need. You weren't the only one who was affected.

[optimistickey]

I know. I just feel like...I wish I coulda done something.

[wefallinsilence]

What would you have done, if you could?

[optimistickey]

I don’t know. Found a way to...stop everyone else, or at least keep from doing that awful stuff!

[wefallinsilence]

In which case you would have been most likely stopping people's attempts to leave that dimension.

[optimistickey]

No, that's what I meant...I mean stop the bad people! Somehow...

[wefallinsilence]

Would you have wanted to?

[optimistickey]

I don't know...but I'd hope so.

[wefallinsilence]

But you can't know for certain?

[optimistickey]

No. But that’s part of why you hope for stuff.

[wefallinsilence]

Yes. I know. But if you can't recall if you would have wanted to, you shouldn't blame yourself.

[optimistickey]

...I guess not.

[wefallinsilence]

Besides, it's best to put the past behind us.

[optimistickey]

Well...maybe in this case, it is.

[wefallinsilence]

Especially in this case.