[How had it come to this? It's a question he's considered so many times over the past few years, but he's known the answers for some time. His reply starts in almost monotone.]
After my parents died... he was the only one I let in, for a long time. [Partly for reasons she'll find out later—his friends' denial of his suspicions—partly because he just had no idea what to do with all of the pain. Shutting himself away felt safer, but in reality it was anything but.]
He did something to me, I think, not long after that, but I don't remember. Something to do with Chaos magic, but I guess it might be like... Darkness to you.
[It's still strange for him to think in those terms, that these things go into categories, but he's had enough talks with Sora and Vanitas to get the gist of it and relate to his own situation. When Turquoise called the power she was granted by the light Spirit "purification," and it worked so well on Onyx's creations, that put their enemy on the opposite end fairly clearly...]
He has hypnosis magic, too, [like me, he keeps to himself.] Between that and the other... and mostly, my own stupid stubbornness. I just listen to him, instead of helping my friends.
[There's a deep frown on his face nearing a scowl, born from the self-loathing that often threatens to cut him off others again. He's been fighting against it much more these days, but it can be so, so hard.]
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After my parents died... he was the only one I let in, for a long time. [Partly for reasons she'll find out later—his friends' denial of his suspicions—partly because he just had no idea what to do with all of the pain. Shutting himself away felt safer, but in reality it was anything but.]
He did something to me, I think, not long after that, but I don't remember. Something to do with Chaos magic, but I guess it might be like... Darkness to you.
[It's still strange for him to think in those terms, that these things go into categories, but he's had enough talks with Sora and Vanitas to get the gist of it and relate to his own situation. When Turquoise called the power she was granted by the light Spirit "purification," and it worked so well on Onyx's creations, that put their enemy on the opposite end fairly clearly...]
He has hypnosis magic, too, [like me, he keeps to himself.] Between that and the other... and mostly, my own stupid stubbornness. I just listen to him, instead of helping my friends.
[There's a deep frown on his face nearing a scowl, born from the self-loathing that often threatens to cut him off others again. He's been fighting against it much more these days, but it can be so, so hard.]