"They are fascinating beings, are they not?" he says. "Not just Xaldin! But strange. Both Zexion and Demyx are convinced I am a cheerful, nice, and patient man; but I merely saw no need to show them either my temper or my darkness much. I have patience with those that cannot help their fate, and arouse my pity!"
Pause, while he looks at his toes breaking the surface of the water.
"Axel was given a heart by Yrael's charter magic, over a year ago, before the others came," he says. "Demyx gained it by mysterious epiphany; he seems to have mentioned Kingdom Hearts, their great goal, and said nothing more of it. Zexion was given his in the library, by a cruel Old One named Nyarlathotep, a bringer of nightmare, who might gain amusement from watching him writhe in the pains of having a heart, since. Xigbar and Xaldin made a trade with a powerful woman named Rachel, who charged them with nurse-maiding a future world before she herself died, creating their hearts in the process, like a phoenix that creates from its own destruction. The other two, Lexaeus and Larxene, have no hearts yet. Larxene is taking care of all the Lesser Nobodies that look to those recently enheartened. Lexaeus is taking care of Zexion."
Pause.
"And then there is another, their number XIII, but recently arrived -- Roxas! He is strange, angry, dangerous. I spoke to him briefly, and as a result, Axel has now sworn eternal enmity to me."
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"They are fascinating beings, are they not?" he says. "Not just Xaldin! But strange. Both Zexion and Demyx are convinced I am a cheerful, nice, and patient man; but I merely saw no need to show them either my temper or my darkness much. I have patience with those that cannot help their fate, and arouse my pity!"
Pause, while he looks at his toes breaking the surface of the water.
"Axel was given a heart by Yrael's charter magic, over a year ago, before the others came," he says. "Demyx gained it by mysterious epiphany; he seems to have mentioned Kingdom Hearts, their great goal, and said nothing more of it. Zexion was given his in the library, by a cruel Old One named Nyarlathotep, a bringer of nightmare, who might gain amusement from watching him writhe in the pains of having a heart, since. Xigbar and Xaldin made a trade with a powerful woman named Rachel, who charged them with nurse-maiding a future world before she herself died, creating their hearts in the process, like a phoenix that creates from its own destruction. The other two, Lexaeus and Larxene, have no hearts yet. Larxene is taking care of all the Lesser Nobodies that look to those recently enheartened. Lexaeus is taking care of Zexion."
Pause.
"And then there is another, their number XIII, but recently arrived -- Roxas! He is strange, angry, dangerous. I spoke to him briefly, and as a result, Axel has now sworn eternal enmity to me."