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[It's a video. Terra's somewhere outside of HospiTown by the forest in the background; it's late but not so late where he can't be easily seen. He looks like he hasn't been sleeping well, but otherwise alert.]

Hey there. I don't know most of you and most of you don't know me, so ... I'm Terra. I've been told in some detail we're here to save this place, and I intend to get to it.

['Now', apparently.]

Minervamon said she'd be leaving more detailed information later on, but for now I know we need to find Titamon and find the ARCloner as some first steps. It's a lot better than nothing to work with at all, but this world's a lot larger--

[A lot larger than most worlds he's been to. He can't say that, and continues after a moment of thought.]

--Than I expected. There's a lot of ground to cover. So I'm hoping to find some people willing to do some traveling. ...A lot of traveling actually. And willing to share what they find when they're traveling with everyone else. If anyone out there's got experience with uh, scouting, reconnaissance, that sort of thing, and willing to help, I'd like to hear from you.

[It's pretty clear Terra's not used to doing this sort of thing, it's all pretty awkwardly stated, with a bit of fidgeting here and there too, but he manages to stay pretty calm. This was a thing he was sure would help. Now if he could find enough people willing to help..]

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[It'd be hard to tell for people who've known Terra for years. He was always difficult to get a read on, and his tendency to prefer isolation didn't help much. It certainly was going to change something ... once he was sure whether or not Sora really carried his friend's sleeping heart.

And whether or not the future's set in place or can be changed. It was his future and he liked to think he had some control over his own life.. but it was someone else's past, and what's past can't be changed.]

If it's something I won't like, it's better to get it done now. Little bits at a time just means prolonging it needlessly. Like tearing off a bandaid; slow makes it worse. All at once may hurt but it also stops hurting faster. ... And Sora's already proven he's not interested in telling me much of anything.

[His tone darkens, but only briefly. If things DID somehow get worse than that, then knowing now would save him even more anxiety and worry. What ifs were terrible, painful things.]

[heartdive]

I think that's the issue. No one knows you well enough for that, Terra. No one but Dorumon.

[ if only because the digimon had been linked to Terra for his whole life. Vixie, however, takes a deep breath. having to explain things... ]

It's not that Sora doesn't want to tell you, it's more like these things are not important to him. What happened, happened and there's no changing it. He tends to dwell on the brighter side of things than the darker ones, always believing that everything will work out for the best in the end. Every now and then he gets caught up in his feelings, acting impulsively instead of thinking things through.

[ she hums, thoughtful for a moment. ]

His heart already aches for you, Terra. Though he doesn't know it, he's felt Ven's sorrow. He's felt everything that the other heart linked with his own, Roxas, has. The good times, the happiness... But then the pains of anger, sorrow, and loss. Sora has also spoken with Aqua while she was here and knows how much she had been hurting on the inside. The last thing he wants for anyone is to continue to feel that pain. So what he wants, more than anything, is just to mend all of these broken connections and set things right.

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[The look Terra turns on Vixie is unblinking.]

Do you need to know someone well to realize they might want to know what happens to their friends, or what happens when their choices snowball?

[Or that it might be irritating at best to have that information dangled at him, knowing he wanted to know it. Ridiculous. He's getting tired of what seems to him to be deliberate efforts to manipulate him. Whatever the reason behind it, he's been there and done that too many times. What were they trying to edge him into doing?

Terra didn't like explaining things when it's emotional turmoil. He's supposed to be stronger than that, better than that. Arguing with someone who held the keys to his future, and her partner, who thought it wasn't important was insult to injury but what could he really do about it? What's a little more anxiety and doubt? Maybe through his decisions he managed to pick someone suited for mastery and could save the future.

But that didn't change the past. It's past for Sora and his friends. Unchangeable. It didn't matter. Their lives didn't matter, except someone in the future was sad about it and didn't know why.]

It's important to me! This isn't ancient history, this is our lives, the lives of the only people I have left! It's his past, but it's my future and the future of my friends. My family! Maybe he can ignore it as irrelevant history but it's not history for me. You can't mend something that's broken if you don't know where it broke and try to hide that anything broke at all! How am I supposed to care that his heart aches when everything I know and care about is at risk, everyone I know and love is going to suffer or die because of me, and I'm being told it's NOT IMPORTANT!

[It rises from the facade of calm to the thunder of barely controlled fury and pain, and Terra's on his feet again, but surely he's not foolish enough to attack a digimon, knowing that only digimon can hurt each other..]

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[ the only response is an ear twitch. Vixie isn't moving and doesn't seem to be reacting overmuch. at least Terra having it out is an improvement. bottling things up doesn't lead to good things, in Vixie's limited experience. ]

You're misunderstanding entirely, but at least you're venting. [ sigh. ]

Not important doesn't mean irrelevant. It's acceptance. Things went wrong. Mistakes were made. People gave into the darkness in their hearts. [ she takes a moment to get on her feet... ] And he accepts this. The darkness... [ a claw to tap on Terra's chest. ] And the light that never goes out. This is what he holds onto. It's what he cherishes. The person, not their past or, sometimes, even future.

[ then the digimon gives a little bit of a shrug. ]

Besides... He was asleep the entire time Xehanort and Mickey spoke about what happened to you three. To be fair, he doesn't know. I'm sure he suspects, but he isn't ready to know. If there is anyone hiding anything from you, it's me. Not him.

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[There is a low sound, angry and distinctly unwelcoming, at 'venting'. Yes, that's all it was. All his fears and worries about his friends and their future is just a little angst that needs to be voiced and that will make it all better.

Terra twitches back and away, unwilling to let her touch him, expression stormy.]

You are 'misunderstanding'. I don't care if he accepts that things happened! A near complete stranger, that may or may not have my friend's heart trapped in him, is accepting of everything that's going wrong in the lives of everything I cherish, and this is supposed to matter? It doesn't!

[He makes a gesture with one hand, sharp and negating.]

And if you and he are going to play with our lives and futures like it's some sort of game, I want nothing to do with either of you. I've had enough of that from Xehanort.

[But he will get his friend's heart back. Whatever the cost.]

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Sleeping, not trapped. There's a difference.

[ a big difference. if Ven wanted to, he could leave. Roxas, likely, could not.

but there's nothing Vixie can do. all she can hope for is that Terra will eventually cool down. realize that getting all angry and worked up over something that none of them have any control over is futile. ]

If you really don't want anything to do with us, that's your choice. There's nothing I can do about it. But I think you'll realize that we're not playing with your life or the lives of your friends.

[ after a moment, she stands. sure, she said that she would stay with Terra. for Sora and Dorumon's sakes... but her being so close isn't helping matters. she's going to turn her back to the guy. ] Sora promised Aqua that he'd fix things and I think that he will. Ventus and Aqua both trust him. Your family trusts him.

[ Vixie, though, isn't done. her cordial tone becomes a little harsh in the next instant. don't let her fool you. she's friendly, but do not talk down about her partner. ]

Maybe that should be enough for you. Or do you have so little faith in them? Funny, since I'm sure they still have faith in you.

[ now she is going to put some distance between them. not leaving the area and still lingering in case Terra might need, but she's done talking. for now. ]

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Trust and faith destroyed my world, ruined and will take lives of my friends and killed my master. Trust has destroyed or will destroy everything that has ever mattered to me. Everything.

[His master, and father, in all the ways that mattered. His best friends. His only friends. Because he was stupid enough to blindly trust. Never again would he be that naive.]

It's very easy to trust those not deserving of it.

[Vixie might not leave ... But Terra is. The town wasn't far, and he knew Dorumon would be able to find him with little difficulty. That he can't track his digimon in return was something he'd just put up with. The fox-digimon moves to put distance between them, and the brown-haired man simply turns and walks away.]