[ He's quiet for a little while when you say that, Aidan. A sad look of understanding crosses his face a moment later, and Roxas is already hugging him in their mental landscape. ]

I still think it sometimes. Even after the fact that I came back as a Card. That maybe they'd be better off without me holding them back.

[ A self-deprecating chuckle escapes him then. ]

I'm better than that, I know I should be. I have to be.