[ She remembers - now that she can remember - how it had felt when Xion hadn't known who she was at all. How she'd experienced a baffling mixture of hurt and the need to reassure, because even if Xion didn't hold the same memories she did, she was still free from that terrifying place. She was safe.

There's truth in Roxas' words-- even if she didn't trust him completely, she's been on the other side of things. She hadn't blamed Xion at all.

(Xion also hadn't thrown herself into enclosures with dangerous alien lifeforms and flung herself off of buildings, that guilty part of her is quick to point out.) ]

I'll have to say sorry to them, too. I just thought, for this... [ She'd gesture around them, but one hand is still clutching Roxas' like a lifeline, and the other still has ice cream. ] I shouldn't keep you waiting anymore. You've done enough for me.