"I didn't ask," Aeleus admitted with a shrug. "However I expect Xemnas' reaction would have largely depended on how Axel explained the various deaths. If they were 'unavoidable' or otherwise out of his hands, than they may well have been nothing that Xemnas cared about."

Or at least, not enough to see to it that the deaths were answered for. There had been more than one person in the castle who'd been willing to eliminate for entirely normal reasons, and Aeleus didn't trust that Axel enough to assume that he wouldn't have made use of such a resource.

"But yes. I hit him."