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Ventus took in the taller man as he turned towards him. There was a resemblance to his older friend in the Nobody’s face. Not in the hair or the eyes. But there was a sense of familiarity. He blinked as Xemnas’ expression changed. He kept his hand to his side, ready to call his Keyblade at a moment’s notice should things take a turn for the worst.
“No,” Ventus shook his head with a small smile, “I haven’t been looking for you to find Terra. I’ve been looking for you to find you,” He paused, trying to find the correct words, “You’re right. You’re his shell, but a shell is still part of something, isn’t it? Some small piece? Terra might not be in there, but I can feel something,” He pointed to Xemnas, where the Nobody’s hand was, “Something familiar,” His hand lowered once more.
“I don’t want to fight you, if we can avoid it. I’d rather try and save you. You don’t have a heart. You can only act what you think true feelings are. Is that right? I’ve been trying my best to catch up with everything,” He laughed quietly, “When your heart does grow back, I don’t want you to be alone. You won’t have anyone to share your heart with. That’s a pretty sad life. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.”
“You were looking for me. I was looking for you. Here we are now. Please, come with me. It isn’t too late.”
Looking for HIM. Not for the part of his Somebody, but for Xemnas himself. For a moment his face gives away the confusion, the shock of the word delivered to him. How PERPLEXING. . . one looking for him not out of anger or with the intent to kill him. Just, curiosity perhaps. Seeking to appeal to the fragment of his own heart lingering inside.
Fingers curl tightly that rest against his chest, a grip over the empty void where his heart would be. The Nobody denies any trace of the other half of his Somebody, denies that he would be given pieces of that one.
“Why do you believe there is such a thing lingering inside me?” Xemnas questions, quickly letting the empty expression return, “That I DESIRE a change, that I desire to embrace my heart and turn away from what I am?” He snorts, shaking his head and swinging his arm to his side, fingers spreading, “I do not care to embrace my false emotions. I have no drive to let this heart that tries to blossom inside my shell to GROW.”
“I will destroy it, I will not cease my goals.” A soft grow rises, slightly baring his teeth, a faux anger, “You can try to SAVE me, but there is no saving the Void, no redemption for what is denied by both light and darkness.