“ b-but that person…! th-they were just t-torn apart! did ya see that?! th-that thing just… ripped out… their heart an-and – ” he chokes, stumbling backwards and TRYING to get his breath back. “ t-they… why are they… why are they fading like that?! ”
Vexen is a bit exasperated by the boy’s display of hysteria, and he almost wants to roll his eyes and drag Lavi off by his ear --
But there is terror in his voice, raw and unfiltered, and it makes something stir in Vexen’s chest.
“Come with me, Lavi. We must go quickly.”
He does grab Lavi’s wrist and pull him off, but he does in the gentlest way that Vexen knows how. He doesn’t stop until they’re far enough away from the display to be safe.
“This is what I’ve tried to warn you of. Those creatures, the Heartless that you find so ‘cute,’ they claim the hearts of people that they best. It is for the better that you waste no more thoughts on that person. They have no chance of being saved now.”