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I hope this is clear enough: to people who know about him, don't harass Xemnas. We know what he's done, and while we know what he's like, it's a bit different here. Threatening him isn't going to help matters. We can keep watch until he actually does something, but don't aggravate him too much.

If anything, I'll try to handle him.

And to the person who sent him that threatening message: stop it. You're not helping.

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[ She looks up in slight surprise from her Gear to stare at Illya's apron, then at the plate of food. For a time, Xion had occupied herself with getting to know how to make food better, but her mind is elsewhere, so she doesn't mind how the sauce... looks. ]

I do? I just... needed to sort things out a bit.

With Xemnas? Or with the people who are accusing him? Or both?

[She sits down in her own chair, taking off the apron, and fixes Xion with a direct stare.]

[ She lets out another sigh, rubbing the side of her head with her free hand. Dealing with Demyx had never been so... taxing. ]

Both. I think.

I thought you might say that. So? What's going on that has you so aggravated?

Xemnas... He was my former boss. Other people haven't made any effort to welcome him pleasantly, not that I'd blame them, but...

But they're making a bad situation worse.

[She frowns, taking a bite of her pasta and chewing over it as well as the problem. After a bit of consideration, she swallows and asks her next question.]

I'm going to assume they haven't done the smart thing and just tried to avoid him, either. So, who is he mad at now?

I'm not sure if entirely avoiding him would help things, anyway. He just needs to be watched.

[ Pause. ]

A former coworker.

[She gives noncommittal noise at that. Xion's probably right, but being watched would put anyone on edge too... This is one of those situations with no good answer.]

Interesting. So he wasn't a very nice boss, if his own people are turning on him so quickly.

[It's a question and not one at the same time. Just how did he treat you, Xion?]

You could say that.

[ Xion's still staring at her Gear, as if waiting for another message to pop up and respond to. Or just expecting Xemnas to somehow go up with a post saying he somehow found this post. ]

Then you worked for him because you didn't have any other choice?

[It's a bit of a guess, but not a completely wild one. Xemnas clearly has some pull over Xion and probably this other mystery person, too.]

Yes.

[ Oh, looks like she's slowly getting back into that "not-in-a-talking-mood" zone. Or the "too-focused-on-my-current-thoughts-to-register-anything-else" mode. ]

[Okay, she can understand that Xion's distracted, but enough is enough. She's worried, here, and she still has questions to ask.]

Hey! You're drifting out on me again!

[ She jumps a bit at that, looking surprised, but still guarded. ]

Oh! Sorry. Really sorry. Um... [ Trying to unscramble her mind. ] You wanted to ask some questions?

I want to know how worried I should be, for one. But frankly, watching you keep trancing about this issue is doing a fine job of answering that question for me, and I think you know what the answer is.

So let's go right to the big one. What do you think he'll do if people do leave him alone, like you suggested? Will he stop being a threat? Or will he just use the room he's been given to plan something bigger?

[ Aha, yeah, her actions were speaking for themselves, at this point. It takes her a bit longer to think on those scenarios. ]

It's... something of both? I think he knows he's at a disadvantage, but he doesn't let things like those message slide easily. He'll appreciate the breathing room, but that wouldn't stop him from biding his time, gathering resources. But bothering him at this point would just make him more likely to lash out... or make the punishment worse...

[ A dark look passes over her face, and she almost just looks ready to smack the table in frustration. Her knuckles just tap against the side as she leans back in her chair with a sound of frustration. ]

I don't know.

So there's no real winning situation here. We're just choosing the lesser of two evils.

[Once again, she's not really surprised.]

... What does he want, anyway?

Just left alone for now. [ Pause, she looks to the side for the moment. ] He also said he wanted to understand me better.

Well don't let him do that. At least you're pretty good at being cagey.

... But I meant in a broader sense. He really has no larger goal right now?

[ She pops up to question that bit about being "cagey," but just shakes her head and lets the matter go for now. ]

It doesn't seem like it. He doesn't have his powers here, and he got one of the things he wanted that he couldn't get back in my world.

One of the things he wanted? What, you mean becoming human?

Yeah... At least, I think it was one of his wants.

You think... Well, why would he have wanted to do that? What was wrong with the way he was before?

[Not that she can't think of several very good reasons, but she wants to know what his were, specifically.]

[ She places the Gear on the table with a sigh. ]

He was a Nobody. A very powerful one, in fact. Nobodies are people in our World who have lost their Heart to darkness. When that happens, the person becomes a Heartless, wandering around searching for Hearts. If that person is strong enough, they can also form a Nobody.

[ Xion says this slowly and calmly, because she knows this explanation about her World's logic could get strange. ]

While the Heartless is just the darkness within a person's Heart running wild, a Nobody is formed of the Body and Soul. Hearts are needed to feel emotions, and since he was the leader, Xemnas wanted a heart to feel again.

[ Pause. She looks down at that. ] That's what I thought, at first.

[She takes a moment to take this all in.]

Okay... I think I follow that. Your "heart" sounds like my "soul", and your "soul" sounds like my "mind". If I think of it like that your explanation makes sense. So a Heartless would be like a sort of wraith, trying to regain what it lost, wherease a Nobody would be an empty shell... but they could still move with their willpower. That's actually pretty amazing.

[Borderline Third Magic, really.]

But doesn't that mean it was easier for him to carry out his plans since he couldn't feel? Maybe the easiest way to deal with him is to let him make connections and even friends. If he actually cares about someone besides himself, that might take care of the problem for us.

But it wasn't about that.

[ Xion interjects with a bit of a snap. She looks back down a bit, old, untended feelings welling up. ]

It was easier for him, sure, but then why would he still want it so badly? He wanted a power he couldn't control. [ She raises her hand to stare at it, as if the Keyblade would come to her at the mention of it, but she quickly drops it. ]

Hearts are more powerful in our World because they allow for certain abilities to be possible if you had a heart.

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