[A part of Eraqus was relieved to hear that the X-Blade was destroyed, although if Ven did it to his own heart and he was here now...he also didn't know what that meant, for Ven or for any of them. His expression showed a mix of relief and confusion. But he quickly buried his face in his hands again...all this meant that his fight with Terra was all the more pointless.]
I remember.
[The very last thing he'd done was admit the darkness in his own heart to Terra before everything had gone black and he'd found himself here. He had already been wrestling with this ever since arriving, but hearing that parallel from Ven? Pushed him out of despair and into anger. It was more at himself than at anyone else, but it was obvious his temper was heating up under the surface. Kura sensed it, and immediately stopped his scrambling around to dart behind Eraqus's chair, quiet for once. He didn't rise from his seat, but his voice made it sound like he didn't need to.]
I have admitted that I did wrong. I have admitted my inability to correct those wrongs. I have struggled, every day since arriving in this realm, with the knowledge that there was darkness in my heart I refused to acknowledge, that it dictated my actions when I should have set aside those fears, and that it was I more than anyone who was responsible for failing you and Terra.
[He voice rose a little more, with that rumble that accompanied dead seriousness and temper.]
But I will not tolerate a comparison to a man who would undo all the worlds for his own ambitions, and who plotted specifically to destroy my students' lives to accomplish it!
[Perhaps a lot of it is because Xehanort also betrayed his trust, when he had been friends with him most of his life, and then forgiven him after their first fight, only to have that fragile trust destroyed. Eraqus knew too well how that felt, so hearing it from Ventus just made him angrier with both Xehanort, and himself for falling into that same trap. It wasn't something he wanted to hear now, or ever, and that meant lashing back at it.]
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I remember.
[The very last thing he'd done was admit the darkness in his own heart to Terra before everything had gone black and he'd found himself here. He had already been wrestling with this ever since arriving, but hearing that parallel from Ven? Pushed him out of despair and into anger. It was more at himself than at anyone else, but it was obvious his temper was heating up under the surface. Kura sensed it, and immediately stopped his scrambling around to dart behind Eraqus's chair, quiet for once. He didn't rise from his seat, but his voice made it sound like he didn't need to.]
I have admitted that I did wrong. I have admitted my inability to correct those wrongs. I have struggled, every day since arriving in this realm, with the knowledge that there was darkness in my heart I refused to acknowledge, that it dictated my actions when I should have set aside those fears, and that it was I more than anyone who was responsible for failing you and Terra.
[He voice rose a little more, with that rumble that accompanied dead seriousness and temper.]
But I will not tolerate a comparison to a man who would undo all the worlds for his own ambitions, and who plotted specifically to destroy my students' lives to accomplish it!
[Perhaps a lot of it is because Xehanort also betrayed his trust, when he had been friends with him most of his life, and then forgiven him after their first fight, only to have that fragile trust destroyed. Eraqus knew too well how that felt, so hearing it from Ventus just made him angrier with both Xehanort, and himself for falling into that same trap. It wasn't something he wanted to hear now, or ever, and that meant lashing back at it.]