And if it had grown completely numb to their lives ending if their hearts would just begin again with new ones, having done it for eons, there didn't seem to be any way they could reach common ground. Not when they all so clearly wanted to hang on to their own lives. Were they truly at an impasse with Kingdom Hearts here?

She actually didn't expect him to take the joke that hard. And that got her thinking. He had reacted really strongly when that fish had gotten caught. She glanced up at Riku. Why? You don't think...

Kairi took the object and held it in her hands. Despite all that had happened in this memory, the feelings associated with it all seemed positive and content. "I guess let's hang on to it for now."