Back on Destiny Island, we couldn't leave. We wanted to. The distance called to us. How could we not hate it? An endless expanse of sea and sky and nothing ever changing. Nothing ever changed at all. The skies were bright and clear, the seas deep and turbulent. You try to make it change and something stops you.

You throw the fruit away.

You make things into a joke.

This is her fault.

It's not that I don't like her. I love her. I love Kairi. And that's what makes this difficult. I love the distance she puts between us. I hate the separation she forces us into. But I love her. I hate her. It's not that I don't like her, though.

I need her.

I need control of her, I need that. I need her to love me. I need to be the one to save her. I need to hold her and have her be mine. She'll be my symbol. Once she's mine I can move her out of the way. She doesn't want to be there, I'm sure. She's too young to understand.

These are not just excuses!

He looked at me like he didn't need me any more.

You smiled all the time, on Destiny Island, so I smiled too. I wonder if he ever noticed the strain? He probably didn't. He never notices anything. I notice things, though. I notice him and Kairi sitting together, looking out into the distance like we always do when we discuss leaving. Without me. I notice them sneaking off to the Secret Place. I notice the carvings in the wall for anyone to see.

I once picked up a sharp rock and looked at them. And then left, because - they didn't mean for me to notice, did they? Anyone could see, if they could look.

And him? He can't notice anything. He can't even notice when I show him - Look. I could share this fruit with her, and she could be mine forever. And I choose not to.

He doesn't notice so nothing changes. So I have to make it change. Have to call his bluff.

Maleficent tells me I'm right. When I've saved Kairi, protected her, when she's mine, you'll come back. Put this separation behind us. You'll realize you can't do this without me, can't do anything without me.

You used to rely on me. Turn to me for everything. And then she showed up.

Why did everything have to change, Sora?