Forty-Eighth Keychain-[Written]

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[Filtered From Hayner]

So let's say that someone recently showed up in this place, but they're from a time where they remember you differently. How can you tell them about how things are in the future without ruining everything? And this isn't just a "oh I moved away" sort of difference, this is something a lot bigger...like memories.

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727 days. Nearly two years, and I still don't see any signs of me going home anytime soon. Should I consider that a good thing or a bad thing? For those of you who have been here that long, what do you think?

Oh, hey. Hayner! I'm thinking since you're new here and your sense of direction stinks still, we should probably explore Luceti some more so you get familiar with it. What do you think? Later today?

[Filter to Xion]

Hey. I think we need to talk.

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[fourteen]

[ Xion is a good audience for this monologue. She just watches him and listens quietly, placing her ice cream stick down on the edge of the roof. She reacts to different things in the story -- her expression turning to shock and sadness, variably, as he describes how he fought Riku and then lost all his memories, even those of Axel. But she doesn't speak until a moment or two after he's gone quiet, taking some time to process that. ]

... I missed so many things ... I'm so sorry you went through all of that, Roxas. [ a sigh. ] But as for Hayner... it sounds like it's going to be pretty complicated, no matter what. Even the truth would probably sound unbelievable...

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[perplexme]

[Petting the kitten, ignoring mostly everything else because he kind of does not like telling that story.]

Not your fault...I know I have to tell him eventually, but what am I even supposed to say? I ran into the same problem when Olette was here, but I avoided the subject for a long time. Hayner's not going to take it easy at all.

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[fourteen]

... I don't really know what to tell you, but ... I can be there when you talk to him, if that would make it easier. [ she wants to support her friend somehow. ): ]

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[perplexme]

Maybe. I dunno. ...have you talked to him yet?