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[howsketchy]

❝ This is Naminé. I'm sorry, but I can't talk right now. Please leave a message and I'll get right back to you, I promise. ❞

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[howsketchy]

Do you want to tell them?

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I... I think I should work out what I'm going to say to Hope first.

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[howsketchy]

You'll be fine.

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I love both of them. I really do. And... I love you, too, in the same way—like the friendship kind of love I was talking about earlier. The three of you are really my best friends.

But... it was different, with him. I think it was... more like the other kind. I don't know for sure.

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[howsketchy]

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Xion, I-- You'll never really know until you talk to him. But just know that even if it's not like that, he will always be your friend. Just like how Roxas, Axel, and I will always be your friend.

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...............

Right.

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[howsketchy]

I'm sorry I'm not very helpful.

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[recidivated]

No—I think you're being very helpful. There's... not really anyone else I can talk to about this, so you listening is great by itself.

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[howsketchy]

Just don't rush into any decisions.

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Is it even right for me to be doing this?

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[howsketchy]

Why wouldn't it be?

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It's like... living a dream. It feels like—I think it's real, but... is it?

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[howsketchy]

That's up to you to decide.

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[she goes silent again, just... thinking.]

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[howsketchy]

[ Quietly closes the sketchbook, and waits for her to speak. ]

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Do you think we can really feel?

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[howsketchy]

I think that you do have a heart.

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[another bout of silence.]

If I do, then I think you do, too.

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[howsketchy]

Ha. You think?

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You're more than I'll ever be, Naminé.

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[howsketchy]

[ She's placing a hand over where Xion's heart should be. ]

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[howsketchy]

I spent a lot of time alone with Axel. We talked a about a lot of things, so many things, but one thing in particular stood out. We both agreed that Roxas had a heart.

And that we don't. It's as simple as that; Roxas is special in every way, even if he doesn't know it himself.

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[howsketchy]

And I believe that it's the same for you.

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[she's taken aback a little by the reply; it wasn't what she was expecting. she touches her own hand to Naminé's, and then removes it.]

But... why? Why us and not you?

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[howsketchy]

Who knows? There's only mystery after mystery when it concerns the heart.