"You hit him, and I missed it?" Even was not overwhelmingly interested in being that much of a better person. He was also not entirely reassured, but knowing that there might be consequences, and Lea was aware of such, made him feel marginally better.

"Considering what we now know about his intentions, I doubt it made much of a difference. We were - all - surplus, in the end."

It did hurt, oddly, though it was nothing but the truth. Xemnas had never been working in their interests, though they had been working in his. So this is what feels like from the other side, Even thought, smiling without humor.