Sleep

It was amazing really. How one sleeping boy could inspire so many different thoughts.

I'm sorry.

Hang in there man. I'm still looking for him.

Soon. Soon.

Sora, you're lucky.

Crown

They were hiding somthing. They had grins on their faces and tried to cover up what they were doing.

"Hey guys, whatcha, doin'? "

"Nothing."

"Riku."

"Okay, okay."

They moved aside to show her what they had been working on. It looked like a hat. They had glued bits and pieces of driftwood and tiny shells onto a hollwed out shell half of a coconut. Sora stepped up behind her.

"Cause what's a princess without her crown?"

Kairi wore her crown the rest of the day.

Complaining

A naturally elevated body temperature was a useful thing to have. It kept him warm in the winters and allowed him to ignore the heat of the summers.

That never stopped Axel form complaning about the weather though.

Pathways

(Mickey & Riku)

"There are tons of pathsways. Pick one."

"But how do I know I'm choosing the right one?"

"You don't. But sometimes you've just got to let go and let Destiny do its thing. It could be that all these paths are the right one. If they didn't all lead somewhere, they wouldn't have been put before you."

Time & Space

Xigbar never understood how time could be a useful weapon. Sure it was a cool power, but you still needed to inflict damage on your adversary, and cards weren't exactly that effective.

He kept this view until Luxord decided to throw him down a time portal to the past. By the time he returned, his short black hair had grown nearly two feet and was streaked with grey.

Forgot

Sora and Co. moved on ward into Castle Oblivion.

"Huh."

"What's wrong?"

"I think I forgot something. But..."

He put a hand on his head.

"It feels like I remembered."

Practical

Marluxia found it kind of funny really. Talking to a rabbit.

"Why would you ever want to grow flowers? They're everywhere. Just go pick some. Vegtables, now those are good for growing."

"So you believe things of practical value are of more worth that objects of beauty?"

"Of course. What good is beauty to me?"

Marluxia found he had no answer.

Snowflake

Kairi was confused when Sora compared her to a snowflake.

"You know, it's pretty, delicate, and unique. Just like you.

He omitted that second adjective after Kairi pushed him off the bridge.

Balloons

Selphie had always loved balloons. She liked to let them go and see them fly higher and higher, lifting her spirits up with them.

But today, not even a thousand balloons could lift her heart, even though it felt emptier that her balloons.

Guilt

The first time Namine broke a link in Sora's memories, she had to force herself. She fought against Marluxia, held her breath, cried, felt so guilty she could feel it in the depths of her nonexistant heart.

The second time was a little easier.

Backpack

Sora didn't like to complain. After all, they might need all these potions, ethers, and elixirs in an emergency.

But man his backpack was getting heavy.

White

Demyx didn't understand why the castle had to be so white. Vexen said it was because white was the cheapest colr at the Paint Store of Empty Colors. But Demyx secretly liked to imagine that it was so Xemnas would have an easier time finding the darkness.

Swimming

Sora thought he was a pretty good swimmer. He could outrace anyone but Riku back on the Islands.

But not even he could outstrip Flounder when the Heartless showed up.