[ If only Xion knew that Guy has no idea. She honestly assumes he knows. It might even slip out - if the topic weren't so sensitive, so awful as to be something she'd never mention unless pressed, outside of Luke himself. She truly believes Guy already knows. He's so inscrutable that it's not hard to believe.
She leans back on her hands, staring off down the road, in the direction of a certain bridge in town. ]
We met ... gosh, I think it was in the fall. Almost two years ago. We became friends pretty fast, and we talked every so often, but it wasn't ... really close, you know? Not yet. Something had to happen, first.
One day he came up to me while I was standing on a bridge. I think I was upset about something. [ A quiet laugh. ] I don't even remember what. But we started talking. He ended up telling me what he was. Is.
[ She tilts her head, and some of her hair slips forward, over her shoulder. She reaches back, tucking it into the braid that lays on the back of her neck. Thinking about this makes her feel so old. Unconsciously, she lowers that hand to tweak at her ring instead. Luke's ring. ]
He told me he was a Replica. And when I heard that... I told him I was one, too. Am. [ A quiet laugh. ] You'd know if you met Kairi. We're almost identical.
We ended up just hugging for the longest time. We were both so overwhelmed. Finding another Replica... someone who was just like me... [ The corner of her mouth curls up. ] Luke is really, really special to me. I'd do anything for him.
AND STAY GONE!
She leans back on her hands, staring off down the road, in the direction of a certain bridge in town. ]
We met ... gosh, I think it was in the fall. Almost two years ago. We became friends pretty fast, and we talked every so often, but it wasn't ... really close, you know? Not yet. Something had to happen, first.
One day he came up to me while I was standing on a bridge. I think I was upset about something. [ A quiet laugh. ] I don't even remember what. But we started talking. He ended up telling me what he was. Is.
[ She tilts her head, and some of her hair slips forward, over her shoulder. She reaches back, tucking it into the braid that lays on the back of her neck. Thinking about this makes her feel so old. Unconsciously, she lowers that hand to tweak at her ring instead. Luke's ring. ]
He told me he was a Replica. And when I heard that... I told him I was one, too. Am. [ A quiet laugh. ] You'd know if you met Kairi. We're almost identical.
We ended up just hugging for the longest time. We were both so overwhelmed. Finding another Replica... someone who was just like me... [ The corner of her mouth curls up. ] Luke is really, really special to me. I'd do anything for him.