Yeah. If I hadn't... he would've hurt Terra and Aqua. They're my family - they mean more to me than anything in all the worlds. I'd do anything to keep them safe, and he was going to use me to hurt them. I didn't want to do it, but I couldn't let him go free just to torture other people.

[It's a long, complicated story. If she ever calms down enough for him to explain, he'll tell it in full, but at the moment it's imperative that she understands at least the meaning behind what he's saying. He's ducking down just a bit, trying to see around that hood of hers - not an easy task, since it's so covering. Is she crying again? It doesn't sound like it so much, but her face looks a little shinier...]

Yeah, I do. You wanted to get to Sora, but it didn't sound... like it was for something you liked. But it was still important, important enough to make you run there right away. That's... what I did. You don't want to have to do the difficult things, no one does. Everyone wants to just keep on living like they want to, not have things go wrong, but sometimes you can't stop things from messing up. Sometimes they mess up... a lot worse than you thought they would. And you don't want to do the difficult things, but you realize there's something worth it. Worth more than you being selfish and not taking the risk.

[And he pauses, and then - 'cause this really is bothering him - reaches up to try and push her hood back. If she stops him, he won't try again, but he would like to see her face.]

Even if those choices are hard, you still make them. That's what makes a good person, to me - someone willing to make those choices.