[By the sharp curl to the corners of Xemnas' mouth he absolutely knows what Isa is saying, with that comment. Or rather, what he isn't saying, and even just knowing that Isa is in a place where he might have asked for help, were it not for that selfsame pride is enough to have him very nearly amused.]
Indeed I do.
[New though this world is, he hasn't forgotten what he knows of the heart. Of the results of his carefully won research, and the swift fall that had resulted. But much like Isa's own comment, it's an easy shield. A way to approach a conversation while still offering a way to pretend that the topic of conversation is anything other than what it is - he might not precisely care one way or the other, but others do and he's never been above using any tactic available to him to sway people's hearts.]
You always were fond of that pride.
[Not that. Xemnas is so much as lifting an arm in assistance, yet. But the idea hovers there, all the same.]
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Indeed I do.
[New though this world is, he hasn't forgotten what he knows of the heart. Of the results of his carefully won research, and the swift fall that had resulted. But much like Isa's own comment, it's an easy shield. A way to approach a conversation while still offering a way to pretend that the topic of conversation is anything other than what it is - he might not precisely care one way or the other, but others do and he's never been above using any tactic available to him to sway people's hearts.]
You always were fond of that pride.
[Not that. Xemnas is so much as lifting an arm in assistance, yet. But the idea hovers there, all the same.]