I envy you.
And this is why I hurt you.
You had something I only wished I could have. You had something most of us Nobodies couldn't ever dream of having.
You had dignity.
You knew when we lost. You knew when we were losing, and that we were going to loose. But you didn't fight it. You embraced it. You were strong enough to. And I envied you for that.
So I hurt you.
At least you spoke up. You spoke out against him. You knew what this was…what we were doing…it was wrong. But no one cared. Even I didn't care. I was hurting Him, and I didn't even care. I didn't even consider it. But you did. So I envied you for it.
Then I hurt you.
But hey, at least you had your dignity, right?
You got to be the big hero for a minute or two. You tried to screw up everything.
Strange, I wish I had the courage then to do what you did.
So then the envy came. And then I hurt you.
Then I killed you.
But the dignity still lives.
I think it rubbed off on me, too. Maybe it was from your blood.
So, Vexen. Here I am.
Lying on the ground, fading away. The Sora kid's talking to me, I'm just barely talking back. I tried to screw up everything too. I think I did a pretty good job of it. So, don't go around telling me I don't respect my elders. Because I respected you enough to take a stand of my own.
I hope you're envious of my dignity.
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This drabble is about Axel's feeling towards how Vexen acted in Castle Oblivion, and how he actually respected him for what he did. I think it's a nice little drabble :)