He had taken one look at Namine's Moogle and rushed to the lab - no words were really needed. Not after Ira had told him about these Calamity Selves that were so like the Shadows from his days in the Facility. Everyone had their burdens to bear, some carried heavier ones but all of them would have to face the parts of them that they didn't like. More than just face them - they'd have to accept them. Something not easily done. So he hadn't hesitated when Elmina appeared with a note from Naminé and he managed to get there just as his name is mentioned.
Honestly he isn't surprised to hear it coming from Lin. He'd never made the Moogle promise anything so there was another Sora (maybe even the real one) that Ira knew. No one looked hurt as of yet so he doesn't waste a healing spell.
Instead he stepped up to stand next to Ira. Sora was the one with the most experience in dealing with this sort of thing. All of what's being said doesn't hurt him, not like it's doing to Ira. It made him mad, protective even though they've technically only just met days ago. He doesn't know what all Ira has been through but he can understand it.
"We don't care. We don't care that he's a replica. Ira is Ira. Someone capable of living his own life no matter who he might look like." Sora shrugged casually. "He showed that when he started making decisions for himself. Just because he's like Riku doesn't mean he can't also be his own person."
Taking on a different name, making choices about his fate -- all of it and surely more were what made Ira unique.
"He may have been manipulated by Xehanort but we all have. We aren't holding that against him. None of us are perfect, we stumble and make mistakes as we try to figure out who we are - who we want to be. Attack us all you want with your words but nothing you say is gonna make us abandon him. Sorry but you're just gonna have to get used to that fact." That isn't only directed at the Shadow. "'Cuz that's what real friends do. They fight for each other, especially if that friend can't drag themselves out of the darkness all alone."
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Honestly he isn't surprised to hear it coming from Lin. He'd never made the Moogle promise anything so there was another Sora (maybe even the real one) that Ira knew. No one looked hurt as of yet so he doesn't waste a healing spell.
Instead he stepped up to stand next to Ira. Sora was the one with the most experience in dealing with this sort of thing. All of what's being said doesn't hurt him, not like it's doing to Ira. It made him mad, protective even though they've technically only just met days ago. He doesn't know what all Ira has been through but he can understand it.
"We don't care. We don't care that he's a replica. Ira is Ira. Someone capable of living his own life no matter who he might look like." Sora shrugged casually. "He showed that when he started making decisions for himself. Just because he's like Riku doesn't mean he can't also be his own person."
Taking on a different name, making choices about his fate -- all of it and surely more were what made Ira unique.
"He may have been manipulated by Xehanort but we all have. We aren't holding that against him. None of us are perfect, we stumble and make mistakes as we try to figure out who we are - who we want to be. Attack us all you want with your words but nothing you say is gonna make us abandon him. Sorry but you're just gonna have to get used to that fact." That isn't only directed at the Shadow. "'Cuz that's what real friends do. They fight for each other, especially if that friend can't drag themselves out of the darkness all alone."