@stellafortunae from [x]
"Don't-!"
The warning, paired with the outstretched hand futilely reaching toward the other, slowly died on Kairi's lips as she slowed from a frantic run to bemused trot. The Heartless, which should have been attacking the man with zero hesitation, was instead acting more like a pet cat, nuzzling and butting its head up against the man's hand.
What?
The rest of his words took another moment to sink in, and Kairi came to a complete halt as she listened to him. "Wha-- huh?" The Heartless was a familiar? A pet? It had a name?
It's name was Itty?
"A... a friendly Heartless?" From the way it was clinging to the stranger's shirt, Kairi saw no reason to not believe it. But... she had never seen, nor even heard, of something like this before. Heartless were always just... heartless. Mindless, even; the only one capable of true thought had been Ansem.
"How... how did you find a friendly Heartless? How do you know about Heartless, anyways? And a familiar?" Kairi gave a shake of her head before she frowned at the stranger. "Who are you?"















