3. Besotted. - Xaldin and Luxord.
"You know…" Luxord takes another drink from his bottle, "maybe we are going about this not-having-hearts problem all wrong."
Xaldin smirks in a foolish manner.
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah. Really."
"Try telling that to Xemnas."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait" the Gambler says with a smile, waving his hand around like the most noble of idiots. "Think about it. All of this trouble with Kingdom Hearts, and Key-bearers, and what have you. It's all too much. Far, far too much. We need to make things simpler. Find a easier route around it."
Xaldin grunted, leaning forward onto the tabletop.
"And you have the answer to our troubles, Ten?"
"Yep. Alcohol."
Three laughed. "Seriously?"
"Now think about it." His partner pointed a finger at his beverage. "People drink to forget. If we drink, we can forget about everything - About not having hearts, about the darkness, about the fact we cannot feel. We can be relaxed and calm."
"Brilliant plan" Xaldin drawled. "We can drink all the time, get massive hang-over's, liver problems and do stuff to things and others that we may later regret."
Luxord stopped in mid-sip at those words, and looked at Xaldin. Who wanted an answer.
"…Let me get back to you on that."