I won't. [ Her voice is sharp, and sudden. Not angry -- not contradicting or rebuking. Simply ... fiery. Determined. She smiles then, a bitter thing. ] I spent a whole year listening to Xemnas's stupid speeches. And Van and Xemnas... [ She pauses, shaking her head. ] The kind of person Van is ... I know that sort of person. I won't listen to him, Luke. I promise.

[ The set of he expression is unusually hard. Xion's not often prone to being fierce, after all. Such a sad, uncertain girl, most of the time. But this ... such a terrible threat, against the person she loves. Any threat to her friends would make her want to go to their defense... but this is, in a way, more terrible. This isn't a threat she can just fight. There's no Heartless here. Just words, and terror.

She has to be strong. For him. She will never, ever let Van have Luke back. Not ever. ]