"He means... that there was something more important than himself that he needed to take care of."
Xion wanted to kick herself for how small and shaky her voice sounded now that it had decided to work for her again. She couldn't look at either of them, she especially couldn't look at Roxas because the look on his face brought back memories of cold metal and the furious clash of blade upon blade and a place filled with so much poignancy being desecrated by a fight for survival and sacrifice.
It was my own choice. Don't think it was something lame like I just went and got myself killed; it was deliberate, and it was on my own terms.
No... It was my choice...to go away now. Better that, than to do nothing...and let Xemnas have his way.
Axel's words- her words spoken in his voice- they had the same sobering effect as if she had just been hit with ice water. When he'd said it, when the truth was out and she knew he'd had no future left in the world they'd left behind, she had felt such terrible sorrow and anger that it felt like her chest would burst and now that he had told them why, how, the painful ache in her chest hadn't lessened, not in the least, but...
But how could she stay angry when he had done what she herself had done?
It's for the good of everyone.
How could she have ever said those things to him in the past and not realised how much those words must surely have hurt him the way she was hurting now?
She looked over at Axel, her face still stricken.
"That's it, right?" Her voice wavered at the last. "Sometimes... you have to give everything to save what matters, because you know that it wouldn't be worth living if you didn't."
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Xion wanted to kick herself for how small and shaky her voice sounded now that it had decided to work for her again. She couldn't look at either of them, she especially couldn't look at Roxas because the look on his face brought back memories of cold metal and the furious clash of blade upon blade and a place filled with so much poignancy being desecrated by a fight for survival and sacrifice.
It was my own choice. Don't think it was something lame like I just went and got myself killed; it was deliberate, and it was on my own terms.
No... It was my choice...to go away now. Better that, than to do nothing...and let Xemnas have his way.
Axel's words- her words spoken in his voice- they had the same sobering effect as if she had just been hit with ice water. When he'd said it, when the truth was out and she knew he'd had no future left in the world they'd left behind, she had felt such terrible sorrow and anger that it felt like her chest would burst and now that he had told them why, how, the painful ache in her chest hadn't lessened, not in the least, but...
But how could she stay angry when he had done what she herself had done?
It's for the good of everyone.
How could she have ever said those things to him in the past and not realised how much those words must surely have hurt him the way she was hurting now?
She looked over at Axel, her face still stricken.
"That's it, right?" Her voice wavered at the last. "Sometimes... you have to give everything to save what matters, because you know that it wouldn't be worth living if you didn't."