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[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?

[seasaltkeys]

They become a Heartless to. And whatever's left becomes a Nobody.

[He plays with his ice cream a little bit, before taking a bite to fortify himself.]

I was a Nobody.

[starshower]

[She's still not quite sure that she understands completely, but there is a heavy silence that follows those words. She watches his spoon dip into the ice cream, and her hand closes around the few chocolate chips that are left there. Her lips curl into a frown, and she moves to come around to the other side of the bar so that she can sit on the stool next to his.]

So, what exactly does that mean? Being a Nobody? Was it... scary?

[seasaltkeys]

Kinda yeah...

It basically means that you're the shell of whoever you were before. A lot of human Nobodies, they can remember their former lives, even if they can't feel anything about them. I, didn't have that. I didn't remember being Sora, so I was just. Me.