[Two simple words, though it's likely not to Xion's pokemon. Regret and Malice might be willing to fling themselves at pokemon that far outpower them, but Xemnas wasn't going to allow it. The kadabra shifts from foot to foot, rumbling under his breath, but settles back on his heels after a moment, resting his forearms on his knees. Still watching, but it's not a good stance to attack from. Regret sidles just a bit to one side, to make it very clear that anything attacking Xemnas was going to literally have to go through her.
He tolerates it. Loyalty was something to be encouraged, not rebuked.]
If it was simply danger, then it would not be a lie, Xion. Your two pokemon are dangerous and yet you stand beside them fearlessly. A risk alone isn't enough, is it? I will accept blame for my actions, but I will not accept accusations for things I have not done, or attempts to bait me into fulfilling those accusations.
[By and large Xemnas was alarmingly honest for a self-focused evil bastard. But he kept his lies to half-truths and lies of omission, not outright lies.]
I need none to speak on my behalf. I do however wish to know what he has been claiming. If enough people have listened to his deceptions then it is something I will have to address more publicly than simply beating him into submission.
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[Two simple words, though it's likely not to Xion's pokemon. Regret and Malice might be willing to fling themselves at pokemon that far outpower them, but Xemnas wasn't going to allow it. The kadabra shifts from foot to foot, rumbling under his breath, but settles back on his heels after a moment, resting his forearms on his knees. Still watching, but it's not a good stance to attack from. Regret sidles just a bit to one side, to make it very clear that anything attacking Xemnas was going to literally have to go through her.
He tolerates it. Loyalty was something to be encouraged, not rebuked.]
If it was simply danger, then it would not be a lie, Xion. Your two pokemon are dangerous and yet you stand beside them fearlessly. A risk alone isn't enough, is it? I will accept blame for my actions, but I will not accept accusations for things I have not done, or attempts to bait me into fulfilling those accusations.
[By and large Xemnas was alarmingly honest for a self-focused evil bastard. But he kept his lies to half-truths and lies of omission, not outright lies.]
I need none to speak on my behalf. I do however wish to know what he has been claiming. If enough people have listened to his deceptions then it is something I will have to address more publicly than simply beating him into submission.
[He sounds terribly displeased by this idea.]