Maxsodin realized she was holding her breath in the tension, and began breathing again.
Besides, it's not like I could have told anyone.
She peaked into one of the many alleys in Halloween Town. The silence everywhere was physically crushing, and Max had to fight back the instinct to run.
They won't hurt me. They can't. I'm safe. Everything's fine.
Her pulse drummed deafeningly in her ears, and she forced it to slow before she stepped into the dark alley.
Almost as soon as she was swallowed in the shadows, hundreds of pair of little yellow eyes glared at her in the darkness. Max expected her pulse to race again, but she was surprised to find herself calm, collected, at home.
"Did you kill three of my-" she stopped herself, and managed to swallow. Her throat was dry, her voice barely audible. "Three members?"
There was no audible answer, but some sixth sense told Max the answer was a definite, cold yes.
Max nodded to herself. She had expect such little care from the heartless. "And you plan to kill more?" Max was surprised that the more she spent talking with the heartless, the more relaxed she became.
Her neck prickled as her sixth sense let her in on their answer. It was a blood-chilling, almost eager yes.
"What about me?" Max was once again surprised at her own attitude. Was that sarcasm she had just used?
There was hesitation from the heartless. She knew they were pondering their own answer. She could sense the wheels turning in their heads. And even when she should be the most nervous, Max found herself smiling with confidence.
The answer came. A submissive yet bold no.
Max felt a surge of relief rush through her stiff form. She had been right to feel at ease around the heartless. They were hers to control, after all.
And even though she promised herself she wouldn't stay too long, Max found herself staying a good three hours with the heartless, holding a constant conversation about Darkness and the worlds that intrigued Max. The heartless were cold creatures, with seemingly little to no moral, but they were sophisticated in their thinking. And she found that to her liking.
She almost forgot that they had just recently killed three of her friends.
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