[And he just stares at Saïx's back a moment. It's funny; not that long ago Axel supposes Saïx might not have even exposed his back to him, and given what had happened between them, the sentiment would have been mutual. But now... everything was different now. Now that Axel knows what happened to Isa, what drove him to lose his heart... it doesn't change what Saïx did, but Axel can't quite damn him the way he used to anymore. And somehow seeing his old friend's spine bent in just that way, like something too heavy to bear was resting just so upon his shoulders, Axel feels a strange squirming discomfort in his gut.
[And he doesn't like it. Feelings are stupid and far too troublesome. Clearing his throat, he folds his arms again. He could ask any number of biting questions here: Did you really think that you could just kill Xemnas and get away with it? Did you really expect there wouldn't be any backlash? Do you truly believe you can hide from the Organization?
['You can't turn your back on the Organization!'
[But he'll settle for something a bit less incendiary for now.]
Do you honestly think a dog is going to stop Xigbar?
[oh whoops i mean action HURR]
[And he just stares at Saïx's back a moment. It's funny; not that long ago Axel supposes Saïx might not have even exposed his back to him, and given what had happened between them, the sentiment would have been mutual. But now... everything was different now. Now that Axel knows what happened to Isa, what drove him to lose his heart... it doesn't change what Saïx did, but Axel can't quite damn him the way he used to anymore. And somehow seeing his old friend's spine bent in just that way, like something too heavy to bear was resting just so upon his shoulders, Axel feels a strange squirming discomfort in his gut.
[And he doesn't like it. Feelings are stupid and far too troublesome. Clearing his throat, he folds his arms again. He could ask any number of biting questions here: Did you really think that you could just kill Xemnas and get away with it? Did you really expect there wouldn't be any backlash? Do you truly believe you can hide from the Organization?
['You can't turn your back on the Organization!'
[But he'll settle for something a bit less incendiary for now.]
Do you honestly think a dog is going to stop Xigbar?