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[seasaltkeys]

[He maybe goes a little overboard, with some chocolate chips, and sprinkles and the sea salt. And maybe marshmallows?]

I mean, I'll try it.

I guess Twilight Town's the only place you can really find Sea Salt Ice Cream though.

[starshower]

[No one is judging him here! Tifa even takes a spoon of chocolate chips and sprinkles them into her hand to eat from.]

Is that where you're from? Certainly got an interesting name.

[seasaltkeys]

Well, yeah. I guess...it would be the closest thing to home, for me.

[It gets complicated. What doesn't with him?]

It's a nice town though. Really nice sunsets.

[starshower]

Hmm. Sounds really nice.

[Tifa hadn't had the fortune of seeing such places before leaving Midgar, so she can only imagine what that was like. Hell, she could barely remember what the full sky looked like after a while.

But as she pops another chocolate chip into her mouth, she tilts her head at him.]

So, what brings you here anyway? Doubt it was to reminisce about home much. ... Not that it's a problem!

[seasaltkeys]

It is.

[He takes a bite of ice cream, thoughtful.]

But no, that wasn't really the reason.

I guess. I was trying to tell you last time, but then there was the fish.

About me and Sora.

[starshower]

Oh.

[She straightens, at attention now.]

I think I remember that. You'd mentioned your friend had shown up, and explained... something?

[That part is a little foggy, because that was indeed right when the fish appeared.]

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah, that whole deal. Then the fish showed up.

[And that kind of, reset the whole conversation. Worth it though.]

I was trying to explain. I don't remember where I left off.

[starshower]

Something about...

[Her brow furrows a bit as she chews slowly on a chocolate.]

Nobodies? I don't think you ever really managed to explain that.

[seasaltkeys]

Oh, yeah. Right.

[He lets out a half sigh, half laugh.]

It's a little bit complicated. If you've got the time.

[starshower]

I've got time, yeah.

[The bar is relatively quiet at this time of day, with only a few customers already with their food and drinks.]

I'm listening, if you wanna talk about it.

[He'd given the impression that things were complicated between him and his friend, so maybe talking it out with someone else will help?]

[seasaltkeys]

[If only it were that easy, but he's figuring it out. Slowly.]

Well, I guess the easiest way to start is that Sora's here. And he's my Other.

[Sounding like it's pronounced with a capital O]

You ever hear of monsters called Heartless?

[starshower]

Ah, right. That was the other word that you used...

[And she'd felt a little pang in her chest about it, though she can't say whether she was right or wrong to—she had no idea what it meant.]

But no, can't say that I have.

[seasaltkeys]

Good. It's good that you haven't.

[The less people have heard of Heartless, the better in Roxas's opinion. It means they haven't spread to all the Worlds.]

But, they're monsters, and they can steal a person's Heart.

[starshower]

[Her hand immediately and instinctively goes to her chest.]

You mean... like really steal it? Tear it out of their chest kind of steal it?

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah. Basically that.

But it's like, not like the organ. More like...who you are.

[There's no blood, it's only got an E rating.]

[starshower]

[She had a feeling that was the sort of thing that he might have meant, and she's not sure which is worse.]

... So the person that they take it from loses who they are? What happens to them after that?