Lexaeus reached out to pat the boy comfortingly on the shoulder. "They cannot hold you accountable for what you may do in the future. You and Lea, like myself and Ienzo, wish only to regain what we lost. I do not know where this may have taken you, past the point when I came here."

He has been lying to himself. It is a startling realization. He has prided himself on acting with honor, but truly, where was the honor in attacking children, even gifted children, in order to fulfill his own selfish needs? They sowed so much destruction in the name of recovery. Truly, they would have fixed things; of that he was sure. But fixing what you had broken initially was the least that honor required.

"I confess that Axel's - Lea's - current actions at the time of my...coming here...left me bewildered. However, he did seem to be taking a personal interest in Roxas. Perhaps that relationship developed for both of you. But perhaps not. I would not address it in front of Lea, but you might inquire of Sora."