Right. They would, they would know that. And Sora knows even in the knee-jerk reflex of wanting to say look who you are now, you're amazing, that that isn't even remotely what he wants for them or for anyone else.
The difference is that he wanted this. Not necessarily the power itself - he didn't know he'd come back as himself, at the time - but he'd come to terms with the sacrifice he made for this a long time ago. This wasn't the cyborg stuff; he knows now that that was something that was... violent, and bad for him, for lack of better words. And this is too. But it was his choice. It was always his choice.
Was it really a choice when the other option was leaving Kairi to die?
"I'll. Keep it to myself. But. Only if you think about yourself, too." This makes sense to Sora. He looks up and glares at the soldier. Still upset, still absolutely certain that this thing is something that makes him valuable, still unwilling to let anyone take this from him. But. "I know you're past this, but can you promise me? That you won't think about yourself like a thing ever again?" Something that acts on instinct, that chases things blindly, without memory or thought.
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The difference is that he wanted this. Not necessarily the power itself - he didn't know he'd come back as himself, at the time - but he'd come to terms with the sacrifice he made for this a long time ago. This wasn't the cyborg stuff; he knows now that that was something that was... violent, and bad for him, for lack of better words. And this is too. But it was his choice. It was always his choice.
Was it really a choice when the other option was leaving Kairi to die?
"I'll. Keep it to myself. But. Only if you think about yourself, too." This makes sense to Sora. He looks up and glares at the soldier. Still upset, still absolutely certain that this thing is something that makes him valuable, still unwilling to let anyone take this from him. But. "I know you're past this, but can you promise me? That you won't think about yourself like a thing ever again?" Something that acts on instinct, that chases things blindly, without memory or thought.