'I do not think that I would be able to stay here without returning, at least periodically,' Vexen admits. 'If nothing else, it is oppressive to one such as myself.' It's far worse for Xemnas, of course, who reacts to light in a way not dissimilar to how Riku reacts to darkness, but it's not wholly pleasant for Vexen, either. 'Besides, I am not certain whether this place could provide me with all that I require.' The bulk of Vexen's equipment is his own design, after all, and at this point he doesn't even know that this place could serve him up almost anything he desired.
As for pressuring Zexion to feel, Vexen considers the man's emotional state to be his own. He will provide aid if asked, for what good the assistance of an emotionless being would do, but he is also not the sort to press. Particularly not when he himself wouldn't even be able to feel happiness at a success, or true disappointment at a failure.
'You do make a good point,' he concurs. 'Certainly the future dictated by taking the left-hand path would cease to exist, but there is nothing to say that what happened to convince you to take the right-hand path is not what is, in fact, supposed to occur. Including the severing of that potential future. It is possible to combine the concept of a branching future with that of a linear one. And of course, one must consider emotional and psychological paradoxes, which are significantly harder to deconstruct and express.'
He shrugs. 'That being as it may, I do find your interpretation far more reasonable and satisfactory, even if it does have the potential to get a bit... complicated. Is this place in any way akin to your theory of branching realities?'
Even if it doesn't account for why he'll willingly go back into a place where he knows that he will die if he remains, but not when that might occur. He's had Zexion effectively tell him not to take the left-hand path, and he's still going to be compelled to venture down it, if just a bit.
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As for pressuring Zexion to feel, Vexen considers the man's emotional state to be his own. He will provide aid if asked, for what good the assistance of an emotionless being would do, but he is also not the sort to press. Particularly not when he himself wouldn't even be able to feel happiness at a success, or true disappointment at a failure.
'You do make a good point,' he concurs. 'Certainly the future dictated by taking the left-hand path would cease to exist, but there is nothing to say that what happened to convince you to take the right-hand path is not what is, in fact, supposed to occur. Including the severing of that potential future. It is possible to combine the concept of a branching future with that of a linear one. And of course, one must consider emotional and psychological paradoxes, which are significantly harder to deconstruct and express.'
He shrugs. 'That being as it may, I do find your interpretation far more reasonable and satisfactory, even if it does have the potential to get a bit... complicated. Is this place in any way akin to your theory of branching realities?'
Even if it doesn't account for why he'll willingly go back into a place where he knows that he will die if he remains, but not when that might occur. He's had Zexion effectively tell him not to take the left-hand path, and he's still going to be compelled to venture down it, if just a bit.