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I really should have expected something like this to happen.

[The voice that's speaking is a deep, adult one. One that some people should find unsettlingly familiar. The person the voice belongs to probably looks unsettlingly familiar too.]

I mean, compared with the pony thing, this is practically mundane.

[He pauses and sighs, annoyed]

So is it just affecting me, or did this happen to everyone else?

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The guy who looks like Sora?

Just.... just because they don't know you doesn't mean you're dead. There could be another explanation...

[He knows it's unlikely, but he can't really stand hearing someone like Ven talk about these things]

Why do you guys have Keyblades anyway?

I thought I was. Beating him destroyed my heart - how can you live without a heart? [Rhetorical question, but still.] But when I got here, Aqua said that I didn't die. She said that I lost my heart, and my body was asleep, waiting for it to come back. I don't really care which one it is, so long as I kept her and Terra safe. That's all that matters.

[No, Isa, Ven's not suicidal. He's just prepared to do what has to be done if he needs to do it. He picks up his drink pouch again, taking a sip and making a face after he swallows.]

That's really sweet. And we have Keyblades to... well, do what we were doing when we met. Me, Aqua, and Terra were fighting those monsters that popped up - they were called the Unversed. Keyblade users protect the worlds and the people in them, and fight the Darkness where it threatens to take over. Sometimes bad things happen because we put ourselves in the line of fire, but I don't think any of us would change our minds about being one.

Roxas seems to manage.

Wait, wouldn't you become a Nobody afterwards? You sound like you have a pretty strong will to me.

I don't think I could manage a life like that, I'm not the heroic type, like you or Sora.

They told me that a Nobody is a body that lost its heart but keeps moving, but according to Aqua, mine didn't do that. I don't... really know how, but it looks like I'm different somehow. Maybe 'cause my heart's been messed with before.

[Oh how right he was, though he didn't know it.]

I think you'd do all right - I don't remember not ever having a Keyblade; my memory's gone from before Vanitas was taken out of me. But I don't think I was raised to do it or anything like that. I think if you just found something important to you that you wanted to protect, you'd be good at it. You've already shown you can do it.

[Remember when your shade was picking on Lea? Ven's thinking of that.]

Have I?

Yeah, with Lea - remember when we had those doubles around? You just ignored yours until it started going after him. You'll protect your friends, just like the rest of us do.

[Even if Isa's definition of "friends" is a bit tighter than the rest of theirs, the point still stands.]

I guess so. [He looks away, sheepishly] I can't stand when people insult Lea.

I still don't think that means I could do the things you do.

I think we all got that. [His tone is a little dry, because really Isa, you couldn't have been more obvious about not liking that. Even though Lea can stick up for himself. But Ven doesn't say anything else about it.]

I think anyone can - it's just a matter of finding the thing important enough to you to make you do it. I guess it's harder for some people than others, but everyone's got something they're willing to take the hard steps for.

What do you mean by that?

I mean... [He pauses, trying to figure out how to explain this. There's several moments of silence.]

I fought Vanitas more than once. The first time, I was just reacting to things he said - stupid taunts, things that just got me riled up about Terra and name-calling. I wasn't fighting for anything, I was just reacting - and I lost, bad. Mickey had to come in and save me, or Vanitas would've killed me right then. But in our final fight, it was different - that time, I knew what was going on, I knew what would happen, but I was going to protect Terra and Aqua no matter what happened to me. They're my family - I'd protect them even if it killed me. And I knew it was going to and I did it anyway, because it was them, and I couldn't fail them. I had to keep them safe.

Everyone's got something they'll go that far for - sometimes you just don't know what it is until it's right in front of you, though.

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