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2.1; voice

[Residents of the City who happen to be checking out the network around this time will hear a very loud **thump** as a teenage boy suddenly lands where there was no teenage boy a moment ago.]

Oof...what?

[There are a few moments of silence and shuffling as Roxas feels around to make sure he's solid. He's as surprised to be as he is surprised to be here in particular.]

I'm just me again...

[There's a swift intake of breath as he spots the communication device. When he speaks again, it's something others are meant to hear.]

Hey, City. I'm back. I don't know how long it's been...but it feels like a long time.

My name is Roxas. I guess I should say "it's nice to meet you" if I didn't know you before.

[A brief pause.]

...Sora? Are you still here?

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[Nothing much has changed since Roxas has been away. Why should it? Just five days, less than a week. He knows that in his head, but it seems so much longer.

But it's nice, to have something familiar when he steps through the dark corridor. Something steady as he regains his bearings.]

Hey, Demyx.

[It's been pretty long for others, too. Roxas is- really different. He looks really different. But that can wait a moment, because]

Roxas! You're really back!

[He feels different. It's not that he was dumb or oblivious before, but it's like everything's come into sharper focus now. He can see things that he couldn't before.]

Yeah, I'm back. Guess it wasn't that long on this end.

So, uh...did I miss anything?

Well, yeah, but still.

[When Demyx first arrived in the City, Roxas hadn't wanted to stay with him. Even though he was clearly from at least the point where he left the Organization, he still wanted to. If a word could be ascribed to it, it would probably be 'comforting'.]

Nothing too big. You were here for the visitors. After that, it was just pretty much Curt and everyone else working on recording our album.

[Small talk. Not that the band was usually qualified as small talk, but in this circumstance? He winds up sort of blurting out,]

So are you still alive or did you manage to avoid the kid?

That's good, I guess. At least nothing bad happened.

[Not that residents of the City can't handle bad stuff—they do all the time—but Roxas doesn't like the idea of not being around to help out.]

The kid—wait, you mean Sora?

[Blink. Blink.]

I...yeah? I mean...back home, I was whole again. Part of him. I wasn't...like I am here.

[Even if it had, Demyx was otherwise occupied. Working and recording, making sure he wasn't alone too much of the time.]

Yeah, Sora. [Pause, as he listens to him.] Part of- Well, he didn't kill you, at least.

[Another pause.] Whole. You mean, a Somebody?

He didn't even know I was there. He was sleeping.

[Wow. He never thought of it like that, not really.]

Yeah. Like a Somebody.

[More pausing.]

So, do you have a heart now? Here?

[He rests his palm against his chest, feeling the beat.]

Yes.

[The longest pause, before a huge grin slowly starts making its way across his face.]

Oh man, really? That's- that's awesome! How does it feel? Is it the same as it was before you became a Nobody? Do you remember everything now? How different is it?

It feels... [He shakes his head.] I'm not sure how to describe it. It feels like things make sense now.

I think it's different than it would be for most Nobodies, though. Me and Sora were like two separate people. We still are, except...sort of not...

I don't really know. It was like being asleep. Only I woke up not too long before I ended up back here.

[He's listening very attentively, although his face falls a bit when he mentions how different it is for him. Back home he would have thought that one Nobody getting their heart back meant that the rest of them- But not here, he knew. Especially not if that one was Roxas.]

Yeah. I know.

What was it like after you woke up, then?

It was like...I was trying to run through water.

[He's never experienced that on his own, but he's sure he knows what that feels like, and now he knows because Sora knew.]

I could kind of tell what was happening, but I couldn't do anything about it. Not until...uh.

Woah. [Demyx definitely knows about water, and the way it feels. So no explanation needed there.] Weird.

Wait, until what?

Until Axel died.

[._.]

Oh. [Right. All gone.] What were you able to do then?

Attacked Sora.

[Welp.]

You attacked- [His facial expression goes from concerned, to a grin, to confused as anything.] Wait, but I thought you, uh, merged with him.

I did.

[What, that doesn't explain everything?]

It was sort of from the inside.

[How do you attack someone from the inside?] Oh. Okay.

[Another pause.] I can't believe you're the only member of the Organization left. Well. Not that you're even a member anymore, but still.

I wish I didn't have to be. If Xemnas had really been after hearts, instead of just power for himself—maybe we didn't do it the right way, but I still don't think that's a bad thing.

If he had really- He was- But-

The Superior didn't really believe in getting our hearts back?

I think all he ever wanted was Kingdom Hearts. Whether or not we got hearts in the process didn't make a difference to him.

But then- why did he want Kingdom Hearts in the first place?

Power, I guess. If he ever comes here again, you can ask him.

[He hesitates for a moment.]

So...I talked to Sora after I got back, and he asked me something I should tell you about.

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