How is it possible the universe ceases to exist? It was there moments ago! How could it be gone in a matter of minutes? Who are you to claim you know what has happened to such a vast world? Who are you to put it back together? Do you honestly hold such power? Can one lord hold so much power
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That is how.
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Then it's true? Is everyone truly gone? So many. So very many.
How can an end be so abrupt in coming?
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[Because this marks the second time Ironhide has done this. This round only serves to make him more bitter than the first -- there was, in a way, more to lose, this time.]
How should I know? No one ever saw fit to tell us.
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...I see.
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[It's strange to Riku, trying to be supportive of somebody he barely knows. But he feels like she needs it right now, and for that reason, he'll try.]
Where I came from, it was the strength of your heart that kept you from disappearing along with your world. Not the whim of any one person.
And...
[Aara won't know how Riku hesitates here, how he stares at the page trying to decide if he should say or no--the written word, for better or for worse, doesn't reflect that.]
Yeah, it's possible that one person can save all the worlds.
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...The strength of your heart? Kind of like a person's will for it to be so? A will to live?
[Riku, you have no idea how much Aara is hanging off your words--and that hope growing inside her is a beautiful thing.]
Do you know this person? Has it been done before? Or do you believe it can be done?
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[He learned that lesson the hard way.]
It's also how you relate to other people. One of the strongest people I know said that his heart grew stronger from all the different people he'd met. The friendships he made. So I guess... maybe the strength of your heart is more related to your sincerity. Will's only a secondary part.
[Why is he the one answering this? Kairi would be able to explain it much better than he can. But Riku can read between the lines and almost -hear- the hope in her words, so he keeps going.]
Yeah, I know him. He's saved all our worlds once before.
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Sincerity. [She smiles at that.] Yes. I can see that. The person you are speaking of must be a very worthy friend.
He did?! Do you think he might be here now? Or come here to--to save us?
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