The shield disappears after the point, his arm coming back down to return across the chair. Listens to Xehanort, with some weariness.
"No one said anything about this being okay or fun," he says first, tone at least restrained. "I already said about talking to them, but you don't want to, so what else can I say? I didn't like watching people disappear without knowing where they were going either, but you know what? I want to know more about what's going on or the people around us than everything the train doesn't tell us!"
Now, his tone isn't as restrained - not shouting, but his throws out a hand back to the screens.
"You know what that's better than? People getting dragged from the middle of their lives without any equipment to protect themselves, stuffed into carriages and made to watch people come and go without warning. You think the train's any better? It all sucks. Everything sucks around us, Xe, but I can take being stuck in here a few days if it actually means we're getting listened to. Can it come 'round and bite us later? Sure - but we're already here, they already know about us, so what am I supposed to do about it? Be mad they had to fake a mission that isn't going to get anyone killed?"
He sighs, slumping his arms tighter around the back of the chair.
"I'm willing to take the risk, Teddy. We don't have any better choice."
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"No one said anything about this being okay or fun," he says first, tone at least restrained. "I already said about talking to them, but you don't want to, so what else can I say? I didn't like watching people disappear without knowing where they were going either, but you know what? I want to know more about what's going on or the people around us than everything the train doesn't tell us!"
Now, his tone isn't as restrained - not shouting, but his throws out a hand back to the screens.
"You know what that's better than? People getting dragged from the middle of their lives without any equipment to protect themselves, stuffed into carriages and made to watch people come and go without warning. You think the train's any better? It all sucks. Everything sucks around us, Xe, but I can take being stuck in here a few days if it actually means we're getting listened to. Can it come 'round and bite us later? Sure - but we're already here, they already know about us, so what am I supposed to do about it? Be mad they had to fake a mission that isn't going to get anyone killed?"
He sighs, slumping his arms tighter around the back of the chair.
"I'm willing to take the risk, Teddy. We don't have any better choice."