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[midnighthero]

Apparently I've been sleeping for a long time.

[ Not that he really remembers falling asleep... but if waking up in an unfamiliar bed with a familiar friend sleeping half-sprawled out on top of him is any indication, he's certainly been asleep. And based on the date, it's been for a while.

Luckily, as unnerving as an extended sleep is, there doesn't appear to be any Xehanort here to take advantage of that. A sleep was all it was. ]

I'm still trying to catch up on everything I missed while I was asleep. I know more people arrived to the court, but what's going on with all these war preparations? Did something happen?

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[Voice]

[prissykid]

[He's yet to see this magic be used for anything other than destruction. A pity.]

I'm not inclined, either, but it appears to be heading in that potential direction.

[Joshua shrugs.]

That, I don't know. So far, it's seemed to be personal protection. Whether you can turn that into a shield to protect the mind of another person...that's harder to say, and at my current education in that field, I have no guesses to offer, either. However, we use the shards to manipulate the world and people around us. So, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it can become a shield in addition to being a sword.

[No matter what, though, he's determined to learn and master it. He has to. If Joshua dies here, then it won't matter if there are other Shardbearers in his world. Shibuya will die with him.]

Personally, I wish to take the training for as far as it will go.

[He's not so sure he has a choice in that.]

[Voice]

[midnighthero]

[ Riku nods, determination filling him. If he can learn to use his shard and, better yet, learn to use it to protect his friends, then that's what he's going to do. ]

Me too. There's no sense hiding and hoping our enemies won't take every advantage they can get. I don't want it to come to that, but if it does... I want to be ready for it.

[ That's all they can do is prepare. ]