"...You were alone, with those you had expected to rely upon either dead or deserted."

He frowns for a moment then sighs. Though he had been the first to fall in Castle Oblivion, he can understand to an extent. He also has to wonder if Zexion might have felt similarly, left to face a powerful enemy alone, with both his shield and his blade broken...the thought of it is like jagged steel through his developing heart.

"And of those who remained, Xaldin was determined to thoroughly discard his humanity, Saix was little more than Xemnas' puppet, and Luxord was no more suited to direct confrontation than you. Those who ought have been sent to pressure Sora in your stead considered it more appropriate to risk your life than theirs."