[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

As Nathan waits, there's an argument in progress that none except him are fully aware of.

What do you hope to prove with this?  What makes it any different from before?

'This isn't about what I'm proving.  Go away.'

I can't.  You brought me here of your own volition, and I'm staying until you no longer need my services.

'Then be quiet.  I need to focus.'

I'm afraid I can't do that either.  You need me to be here.  To reason through this.  Why are you trying so hard? You know they're just going to leave you in the end.

'Why have they not left already, then?  Can you answer that?'

...

'That's what I thought.  Either go away, or be quiet while I figure this out.'

No.  WE will figure this out.  Like it or not, you're stuck with me for now.  I'm all that's keeping you from falling apart, after all.

'Shut up.  They're here.'

As Shiva and Ventus enter the battlefield, they find Nathan standing with arms crossed and eyes closed, jacket flapping in the light breeze passing across the battlefield.  As they approach, he opens his eyes to look at them.

He still doesn't feel much of anything.  His apathetic side has kicked in again.  Kirlia doesn't look particularly worried about it, but there is still a little concern.  However, he has his own task, and he knows the best thing he can do to help Nathan is to continue doing it despite the distraction.

"Feels familiar, doesn't it, Ventus?  Almost seems like it wasn't that long ago that Ralts and I faced you on this same battlefield."