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[reverentresistance]

The Queen's power has to be less than God's... So why do you think He lets us be brought here? This goes a little beyond giving us free will, don't you think?

[Ky's unsure herself, but there's no way to gain certainty. She can only find out what other people are thinking, and that for some reason feels particularly important.]

What purpose are we serving here?

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[namedforthesky]

...Why does there have to be a God in my world, too? Why can't there just be light?

[reverentresistance]

Because God is everywhere.

[namedforthesky]

Does that apply in other worlds, though? I mean, they're all pretty different...

[reverentresistance]

It wouldn't make sense for it not to.

[namedforthesky]

Why not? We don't know if our worlds are even connected.

[reverentresistance]

Everywhere means everywhere. God created everything.

[namedforthesky]

[Sora takes a deep breath. Story time.]

"Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of light. Everyone loved the light. Then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open and the true light will return."

[She'd memorized the story from Kairi's grandmother. She'd spent so long turning it over in her head, engraved it into her heart.]

[reverentresistance]

And?

What makes you believe that?

[namedforthesky]

What makes you believe in your God? I believe in the light because I've seen other worlds. I've seen what the darkness in people's hearts can become. I've seen the power of the Seven Princesses and the Keyholes and the doors to the hearts of worlds.

[reverentresistance]

It's what faith is. I believe in God because I've had the opportunity to see His light.

[namedforthesky]

But why does it invalidate what I've seen?

[reverentresistance]

Because you seem confused on what you've seen.

[namedforthesky]

Why? Because it's different? Then explain to me what the Heartless are--creatures born from the heart consumed by darkness.

[reverentresistance]

I've never met one, but I'm sure that you're misinterpreting the facts.

[namedforthesky]

I saw a man's heart get ripped out by one, and another born from that heart!

[reverentresistance]

What does darkness have to do with that?

[namedforthesky]

That's what Heartless are. they're... They're the darkness in people's hearts. And they devour the hearts of others.

[reverentresistance]

What, literally? I don't understand how they'd do that.

[namedforthesky]

Yeah, literally. It was strange when I first saw it, but... I guess I got used to it.

[She'll summon her Keyblade on video, now.]

...We also use giant keys to fight. Some of us.

[reverentresistance]

Is that so?

[Ky's learned to be politely distant when it comes to people and their keys, not least because she knew a girl with a sentient one, who claimed it was her husband.]

[namedforthesky]

Well, some of us. It's a special weapon called the Keyblade. Heartless fear it.

[reverentresistance]

Then they're sentient enough for fear?

[Some of Ky's prissy judgmentalness has faded into curiosity.]

[namedforthesky]

Yeah. They... They hunted me. In order to eliminate the Keyblade.

[Ky, if you want to talk about sentient things? Wait until Sora tells you about worlds being sentient. And Keyblades. Kingdom Hearts is weird.]

[reverentresistance]

[That's fine, so is Guilty Gear. Let Ky tell you about I-No hat. Only not, because she doesn't understand it, and doesn't care for I-No at all.]

How many of them are there?

[namedforthesky]

Heartless? Mllions. It's why they're so dangerous.

[They should swap stories about how weird their universes are.]